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Ohio government analysts are estimating a new collective bargaining law could save the state about $191 million each year. And they say school districts, townships and other local governments could see more than $1 billion in savings annually.

Wisconsin's polarizing union rights law will remain on hold for at least two months after a judge Friday said she would continue a restraining order blocking its enactment while she considers whether Republicans broke the state open meetings law in passing it.

While political assaults on public employee unions in Wisconsin and other states have been grabbing the headlines, the workers' counterparts in Florida also have been under attack from the Republican-controlled Legislature.

Thousands of union coal miners and supporters from several states tried to fuel an uprising in southwestern Pennsylvania, proclaiming themselves ready to mobilize for the war they say is being waged on organized labor in the United States.

A Republican push to change how liability lawsuits against companies and doctors are handled was panned by consumer advocates and praised by business backers at a North Carolina House committee meeting Thursday.

Republican Senate President Pro Tem Brian Bingman shifted his position on Thursday and said the Oklahoma Senate will not consider a bill to help establish a state health insurance exchange.

Bipartisan agreement on health care didn't last long in Colorado.

The federal health care overhaul's core requirement to make virtually all citizens buy health insurance or face tax penalties is constitutional because Congress has the authority to regulate interstate business, the Justice Department said in its appeal of a ruling that struck down the Obama administration's signature legislation.