Democratic state lawmakers plan to ask North Dakota's unemployment agency to reconsider its refusal to pay jobless benefits to about 400 American Crystal Sugar Co. employees.

The South Dakota Retirement System approved a 3.1 percent cost of living increase for its retirees on Tuesday after strong investment earnings during the past fiscal year.

Health insurance giant Highmark announced its plan to pilot a private health insurance exchange for small employers, the first of its kind in Pennsylvania.

Soon after this year's Medicare Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) began in October, a majority of seniors said they're reevaluating their plans, according to a survey.

The repeal of Ohio's collective bargaining law has no immediate credit impact on the state or its local governments, according to an analysis by a top ratings agency.

Proposed changes to the military retirement system have made many men and women in uniform rethink their government benefits. A

The U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday it has lost $5.1 billion in the past year, pushing it closer to imminent default on a multibillion-dollar payment and to future bankruptcy as the weak economy and increased Internet use drive down mail volume.

Despite the laws lack of a severability clause, no ones even entertained the notion that the court might throw out the mandate and leave the rest intact a doomsday worst case-scenario that would make life a hell of a lot worse than it is today?