A court says companies can terminate employees for legal medical or recreational marijuana use because it remains illegal under federal law.
Lawmakers from both parties agree to more funding for the FAA to relieve sequester-prompted furloughs of air traffic controllers.
The health care overhaul is prompting some schools to reduce adjunct professors' work time to avoid paying for health insurance.
A new report says backed-up highways mean a stronger economy, with more people taking to the roads to get to work.
The federal base pay for workers receiving tips has been stuck at $2.13 for 22 years. President Obama wants to change that.
Unhappy about a new condom law, it's moving out of its usual haunts into neighboring -- and often unsuspecting -- residential areas.
Washington state is considering taking its part-time employees off its insurance plan and sticking Uncle Sam with the tab.
His interview with the 28-year-old student who uncovered a grave error in a key economics paper is doing the job.
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