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By Christopher Rugaber |
May 18, 2012
Unemployment rates fell in two-thirds of U.S. states last month, evidence that modest economic growth is boosting hiring in most areas of the country.
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By Erika Niedowski |
May 15, 2012
Rhode Island's governor on Monday declared that the state will recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere, giving gay couples the same rights as heterosexual ones when it comes to health insurance and a slew of other benefits.
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By Carla K. Johnson |
May 14, 2012
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn may use an executive order to establish a health insurance exchange, a website where consumers could comparison shop for insurance that's a key piece of President Barack Obama's health care law, according to Quinn's chief health care adviser.
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
May 11, 2012
Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday vetoed legislation that would set up a state health insurance exchange as part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, saying the state shouldn't rush to enact such a law and possibly create new burdens on taxpayers while the constitutionality of the federal act remains...
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By Allison Bell |
May 8, 2012
The individual health insurance price difference limits in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) could lead to big increases in rates for some young consumers starting in 2014.
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By Tom Murphy |
May 2, 2012
CVS Caremark Corp. gained millions of new prescriptions in the first quarter due to a contract impasse between two rivals, and now the drugstore chain wants to keep the growth going by ensuring that those customers stick around and use the rest of its store.
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By David Klepper |
May 1, 2012
The university has volunteered to up its payments to help offset problems in Providence, where the city has also frozen its pensioners' cost-of-living increases.
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By The Associated Press |
April 26, 2012
Providence, R.I., city council is expected to vote on a plan that would freeze automatic cost-of-living adjustments for retired workers.
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By David Espo, Kasie Hunt |
April 25, 2012
Mitt Romney laid claim to the fiercely contested Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night with a fistful of primary triumphs, then urged all who struggle in a shaky U.S. economy to "hold on a little longer, a better America begins tonight."
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By Alan Fram |
April 17, 2012
Senate Republicans derailed a Democratic "Buffett rule" bill Monday forcing the nation's top earners to pay at least 30 percent of their income in taxes, using the day before Americans' taxes are due to defy President Barack Obama on one of his signature election-year issues.
