The monthly labor report released by the government this morning offers a bleak economic outlook, with the unemployment rate rising to its highest level since December 2010. The news is especially disappointing, trailing yesterday's stock-rallying report that suggested the labor market was picking up steam.

Health care reform

Ohio maneuvers to (pretend to) opt out. Health care reform opponents in Ohio filed signatures this week to add a ballot measure that would allow voters to decide whether to amend the state constitution to keep citizens from being required to purchase health insurance. As the Washington Post notes, the move is more of a political statement than anything else, given that the constitutionality of the law is already headed toward the Supreme Court.

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