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President Barack Obama, who made revising the law a top priority for his final term, last night urged Congress to get immigration reform done this year.

Democrats can speak hopefully of a new populist moment centered on proposals such as a higher minimum wage, but this is the third or fourth time that the president has attempted to launch a new populist, progressive moment.

Unions picked up 280,000 members from the private sector last year, a 4 percent bump, as construction and manufacturing, among other industries, saw recovery from the recession.

On its face, the idea of cutting spouses out of employer health care plans sounds like a good cost-cutting move. The Employee Benefit Research Institute, however, says not so fast.

Lawmakers said they had to shut the public out of the session to avoid giving hackers clues.

The state's small-group website site won't be ready until 2015.