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Just as the U.S. economy is making progress despite Europe's turmoil, here come two new threats.

Maryland lawmakers on Thursday discussed ways to spur job growth by accelerating borrowing in the state's capital budget in upcoming years to invest in infrastructure.

For a human resources department, sometimes dealing with benefits just on the U.S. side can be complicated enough.

Wisconsin lost nearly 10,000 jobs over the last month, according to data the state Department of Workforce Development released Thursday.

The state Senate has approved a bill to refinance the Pennsylvania unemployment compensation fund's $3 billion debt to the federal government a move supporters say would save employers tens of millions of dollars over years.

Severance payments and benefits have been drawn down for at least 1,600 laid-off state government and education workers since July, North Carolina's state budget office said Wednesday. It again raises questions about the extent of layoffs caused by the Republican-penned budget.