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Top GOP leaders showed notable restraint last week, while conservative activists fulminated against the court's decision, which requires the federal government to recognize same-sex marriage.

House Republicans followed through Monday on their threat to kill a provision written by the state Senate to require Gov. Tom Corbett to seek federal approval for an expansion of Medicaid eligibility to provide taxpayer-paid health care to hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians.

The Supreme Court's DOMA ruling creates a perfect opening to prod the bosses that the company should begin extending same-sex benefits.

An improving economy and uncertainty over the PPACA are believed to have fueled the trend.

The judge's injunction finds plaintiffs made a plausible claim that the Michigan law violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

The mandate requires most employers to cover a range of birth-control methods in their health plans without charging a co-pay or a deductible.