- Sep 5, 2010 Labor issues heat up again at Convention Center (The Philadelphia Inquirer) The result was a 21-page agreement aimed at creating a more efficient and less costly workforce. The 2004 state law that governs the center says a performance audit should examine labor costs and include comparisons with other convention centers. Carpenters, for example, don't normally operate... more...
- Sep 5, 2010 Obama wants healthy Main St. (The Boston Globe) The price was right and it was close to the people he wanted to talk to.McGinniss would not reveal what his book will say about Palin. But he did get a taste of the support Palin has inspired.``The people who respond when she complains about something are just so filled with hate. more...
- Sep 5, 2010 Labor Day finds 200,000 unemployed Minnesotans looking for the next big thing (Pioneer Press) At 55, she's back in school, hoping to follow a projected technological leap in health care to her next paycheck. She has plenty of company this Labor Day. A friend of Steiner's who works with electronic medical records influenced her decision. He works with many chemical engineering and... more...
- Sep 5, 2010 Longtime Congressman Spratt in tough battle (The State) Ernest Hollings with his brash storytelling and Lowcountry drawl and the late Sen. He campaigned like he had never campaigned before, and he pulled it out of the fire. more...
- Sep 5, 2010 Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Woodwinds continues to grow (Star Tribune) Eight beds were added in 2005, and again in 2008, bringing the total to 86 inpatient beds. Within that period, between 2002 and 2009, inpatient admissions increased by 54 percent. Last year, that figure dropped by about half, with $176 million in cutbacks. A total of five exam rooms and one... more...
- Sep 5, 2010 Federal health insurance changes to start soon (Star Tribune) Large, self-insured companies, which are governed by federal not state laws, set their own limits on dependent coverage. Dan Kvinge is a manager for quality and technical services at Graco. It would cost $130 in monthly premiums for each kid. more...
- Sep 5, 2010 Governor candidates' job plans fuzzy on details (The Miami Herald) Among them: --Sink proposes cutting red tape by streamlining permitting and regulatory decisions and expediting already-approved economic development projects. Scott also would expedite permits for job-creating businesses. --Sink would provide tax credits for Florida businesses that export... more...
- Sep 4, 2010 After a Life in Labor, a Union Leader Retires, Frustrated by a Weakened Movement (New York Times) Burger, 59, is frustrated because she has dedicated her adult life to building the labor movement, but it has nonetheless grown smaller and weaker. Burger said many women still had far too hard a time balancing job and family. Burger has often championed women’s causes. more...
- Sep 4, 2010 Federal insurance changes to start soon (Star Tribune) Large, self-insured companies, which are governed by federal not state laws, set their own limits on dependent coverage. Dan Kvinge is a manager for quality and technical services at Graco. It would cost $130 in monthly premiums for each kid. more...
- Sep 4, 2010 Labor needs tough love (The Wisconsin State Journal) You've spent a lot of time saving and creating public sector jobs with stimulus money during the recession, Mr. The workers of the future need to be nimble. But high-tech, high-skill manufacturing jobs have a bright future. more...
- Sep 4, 2010 Patients' choices may narrow as insurers adjust standards for doctors, hospitals (Chicago Tribune) While insurance companies say quality is what gets the name of a doctor or hospital on its preferred choices list, cost is also a major factor. Illinois Blue Cross has two HMOs, HMO Illinois and BlueAdvantage, and is considering a third health plan with a smaller network. Kenneth Anderson is... more...
- Sep 4, 2010 Transplant (The Oregonian) Tracy's left main coronary artery, which supplies blood to two-thirds of the heart muscle, had shredded. After bypass surgery, two operations to establish heart-lung support and numerous surgeries to stop hemorrhaging, Tracy dreaded another. Dan and Tracy's mother hurried alongside, holding... more...
- Sep 4, 2010 Dudley, Kitzhaber maneuver on state employee pay issue (The Oregonian) The Salem-based union represents some 23,000 workers in state agencies and the higher education system. Both unions say they will make the governor's race a major priority, although it's still unclear how much they will spend. more...
- Sep 4, 2010 Business Briefs (The Honolulu Star-Advertiser) Sales in the category fell 4.7 percent. Campbell's expensive ready-to-serve lines like Chunky Soup were the hardest hit, with sales down 9 percent in fiscal 2010. Workers are expected to vote on the contract Sept. 13. Harley had previously said labor costs at its operations in Milwaukee and... more...
- Sep 4, 2010 San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Scott Harris column (San Jose Mercury News) Better point-of-care IT systems could help a doctor pick a cheaper and just-as-effective treatment for a patient. The reality is that step one will cost more than we think it will. I think the real battle in health reform is going to occur at step two. more...
- Sep 4, 2010 Ballot Watch (The Sacramento Bee) Gray Davis lowered it, and then raised it when the economy soured. Arnold Schwarzenegger lowered the so called "car tax" after making it an issue in the 2003 recall, but agreed to raise it temporarily last year as part of the budget solution. more...
- Sep 4, 2010 New U.S. campaign to help insure kids (Detroit Free Press) ...enroll children in insurance programs. The Michigan Primary Care Association, a Lansing organization that promotes access to health care, has a new $930,000 Medicaid grant to boost enrollment in the state's MiChild and Healthy Kids insurance programs. Both serve families earning up to $44,000... more...
- Sep 4, 2010 Few uninsured tap into high-risk plan (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Another significant proportion are eligible for Medicare or Medicaid government insurance programs. Premiums range from $423 to more than $900 a month and must stay comparable to what a healthy person would pay for private insurance in the marketplace. more...
- Sep 4, 2010 New tax may be hard to swallow (Washington Post) But not if it brings new taxes."More taxes. Some managed beer, wine and liquor sales; others, just liquor. A couple had private retail stores from the start. more...
- Sep 4, 2010 Corn dogs ... and taxes (Pioneer Press) This is not the answer for Minnesota." Horner denied that he would tax those sales and services. Paul." (It's "blatantly untrue" the state aid is paying for sidewalk poetry, said Bob Hume, St. The sidewalk poetry is funded by Public Art St. more...
