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A plan to cut about half a billion dollars from Wisconsin's Medicaid costs put forward by Gov. Scott Walker's administration drew an overwhelmingly negative response at the first of two public hearings Wednesday.

A gauge of future economic activity edged up at a slower pace in September, signaling only modest economic growth in coming months.

The Obama administration and challengers of the president's health care overhaul are pushing for Supreme Court consideration of the law in late March, judging by the speed with which they are filing legal papers.

The number of people applying for unemployment benefits declined slightly last week, leaving applications above levels consistent with a healthy economy.

When comparing the second quarter to first quarter of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, job growth in Florida from the stimulus funding dropped 1.6 percent as the spending in the state comes to an end, reveals a report by the Collins Center for Public Policy.

An Oklahoma judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked from taking effect a new law designed to reduce the number of abortions performed in the state by restricting the ways in which doctors can treat women with abortion-inducing drugs.