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The House Republican agenda this fall will focus on repealing environmental and labor regulations they say are driving up the costs of doing business and discouraging employers from hiring new workers.

Monday is the last chance for the repeal question on Ohio's contentious collective bargaining law to be removed from fall ballots. Otherwise, voters can expect to see the referendum when they vote Nov. 8.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration has distributed notices of a possible pattern of violations to two mines, which received similar notices in November 2010.

A new study found that health information exchanges (HIE), when used in emergency departments, resulted in improved provider efficiencies and health plan cost savings.

A key legislative committee approved a bill Thursday to give state regulators the power to reject proposed health insurance rate increases, but the measure faces a stiff fight on the California Senate floor.

The Health and Human Services Department awarded another $137 million in public health grants Thursday, most of it from a fund created by health care reform law.