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A judge said Thursday that he will not stop the administration of Gov. Tom Corbett from dipping into money that in the past had helped pay for Pennsylvania's now-shuttered health care plan for more than 41,000 low-income adults.

The Arizona Senate has passed a bill that would allow out-of-state health insurance companies to issue policies in Arizona.

New Jersey's Senate president is warning that government retirees could see a two-thirds reduction in their pensions in less than 10 years unless lawmakers can fix a $54 billion deficit in the retirement system.

A summary of employee benefits news, reports and controversy from around the web.

Congress sent President Barack Obama hard-fought legislation cutting a record $38 billion from federal spending on Thursday, bestowing bipartisan support on the first major compromise between the White House and newly empowered Republicans in Congress.

Tough re-election campaigns looming, a handful of moderate Senate Democrats voted on Thursday to keep the money flowing to President Barack Obama's health care law despite increasing public opposition to the year-old overhaul.

As the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big "I") hosts its legislative conference this week, nonpartisan consumer advocacy group Consumer Watchdog notes thousands of dollars in election campaign contributions have come from the same lobby associations pushing for a bipartisan bill to protect brokers' sales commissions.

The House, in a bipartisan vote, has passed a yearlong government funding measure cutting $38 billion from the budget and closing out sometimes quarrelsome negotiations between the Obama administration and Republicans dominating the House.