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The U.S. Department of Labor is issuing a $3 million National Emergency Grant to create 230 temporary jobs in an effort to help with cleanup and recovery after severe flooding hit along the Mississippi River in May and June.

Humana Inc. posted a 35 percent surge in second-quarter profit Monday, easily beating Wall Street views, as more people enrolled in the health insurer's Medicare plans while existing members made less use of its health care services.

Americans are occasionally a little too optimistic.

Medication costs for the injured in Louisiana's workers' compensation system is more than double the average state with twice the amount of pills per claim, according to a new Workers Compensation Research Institute study.

One of West Virginia’s primary factors in establishing workers' compensation insurance premiums is expected to decrease 8.1 percent in November, saving the state's 36,000 employers more than $25 million.

Thousands of casino workers protested outside Resorts Casino Hotel on Thursday, denouncing steep pay cuts most employees had to take when new owners bought the casino last year and throwing down the gauntlet to all 11 of the city's casinos with contract talks coming up soon.