Broker Regulation

Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman called Wednesday for sweeping tax changes and new trade agreements to help revitalize the nation's manufacturing sector and create jobs.

Starting Thursday, state and federal regulators will review double-digit rate increase proposals from health insurers to determine whether the premium hike is reasonable.

The author of a bill that would have given California regulators the power to reject health insurance rate increases said Wednesday that he has pulled it from consideration this year.

Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that the job market may be improving slightly.

Missouri's health department has been forced to hire temporary workers and enlist state employees to help a private business facing complaints about its poor screening of Medicaid patients

Kansas officials said Wednesday the state will obey a federal judge's order to immediately fund Planned Parenthood clinics while the state pursues an appeal.