Republicans in control of North Carolina's General Assembly introduced legislation Wednesday that would block the expansion of Medicaid under the health care overhaul and leave it to the federal government to build the state's online marketplace for health insurance.

Major tax law changes that would affect retirement plans likely wont take place in 2013, but the retirement community is watching regulators and the U.S. Department of Labor very closely.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation filed a $97 million lawsuit against The Renco Group Inc. and its affiliates for attempting to evade their pension obligations.