Some insurance agents urged caution Monday as Missouri lawmakers considered changes to a state-created workers' compensation firm that has been criticized by the state auditor for taking advantage of a federal tax exemption while spending heavily on perks.

High-growth organizations, defined as growing 10 percent or more annually, invested an average of $12,352 for every mobile employee while lower-growth companies, which grow 1 percent or less annually, invested an average $7,830 per mobile employee, revealing a correlation between higher investment in employee mobility and higher organizational growth, according...

Presenting his own vigorous legal argument, President Barack Obama on Monday issued a rare, direct challenge to the Supreme Court to uphold his historic health care overhaul.