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More than 8,000 New York City school bus drivers and aides went on strike over job protection Wednesday morning, leaving some 152,000 students, many disabled, trying to find other ways to get to school.

The new years only weeks old and life around the office is returning to normal despite sub-zero temperatures and some hometown NFL heartbreak. As part of that, Monday this week brought its share of bad news (sometimes I wonder how much of a self-fulfilling prophecy that really is).

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin's administration is asking for a bit more time to report on its ideas for paying for an ambitious overhaul of the state's health care system.

Now home to 2,289 manufacturing jobs, Oregon gained a 1 percent increase in industrial employment, according to the 2013 Oregon Manufacturers Directory, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers' News Inc. in Evanston, Ill.

According to a survey by human resources consulting firm Effective Resources Inc., unemployment in Florida remains high at 8.1 percent, above the national average of 7.8 percent based on numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In light of the latest jobs numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employers are filling open positions at a slow rate.