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Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis along with Sen. Tom Harkin are making available $32.5 million in grants as well as releasing three new reports in an effort to fight exploitative child labor on a global level.

Nebraska will not enact a health care exchange mandated by the federal health care overhaul until officials know for sure whether the measure is constitutional, Gov. Dave Heineman said Monday.

The Supreme Court began its new term Monday by weighing who gets to object when a state makes Medicaid cuts and soon is likely to plunge into a far bigger health dispute. That's the challenge to President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul.

Seeking to gain political advantage, President Barack Obama insisted Monday that Congress vote on his entire $447 billion economic plan this month, a step promptly rejected by Republicans who called for both sides to find common ground in their competing proposals to stimulate growth.

Shares of Sun Healthcare Group Inc. fell Friday after the company lowered its annual profit and revenue estimates because of cuts in Medicare and Medicaid payment rates.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney frequently boasts how he and his team "were able to turn around the job losses" in Massachusetts during his single term as governor.