Californias transit workers pensions would be left untouched under a plan submitted by Gov. Jerry Brown to temporarily exempt them from legislative reforms.

The Obama administration on Thursday released new proposals for carrying out a major requirement of the federal health care law that was postponed earlier this summer.

President Barack Obama's health care law appears to mirror a trend in job-based insurance, where employees are being nudged into cost-saving plans that require them to pay a bigger share of their medical expenses.

Big carriers are departing the exchanges and taking their low costs with them.