Healthcare Contract Issues

The prospect that Verdugo Hills Hospital will soon merge with a larger healthcare provider has area business people concerned about the next chapter for the 40-year-old facility. Verdugo Hills officials acknowledged Wednesday that changing economics...

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday they will begin charging deputies for fuel used in office vehicles. In the new program, deputies who are assigned MCSO vehicles will be charged a monthly fuel rate of $75.  Deputies who use their...

Union workers at Safeway and Giant Food in the Baltimore and Washington regions overwhelmingly approved a new contract Tuesday that increases wages and maintains key benefits. "It's a good day to be a member," said Tim Goins, executive vice president...

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- AT&T workers remain on the job, despite the end of their contract this past weekend. Negotiations between the company and 40,000 landline workers appear to be moving forward, and there's hope that an agreement can be reached soon....

Lockheed Martin's largest union is hitting the picket lines at 12:01am Monday. The machinists local 776 voted overwhelmingly to strike. Sunday afternoon,  96% of IAM 776 voted to strike. The workers' contract expires at midnight, and the two sides...

The Obama administration moved Friday to further insulate religiously affiliated hospitals and universities from paying for birth control for their female employees if they object to providing the coverage on moral grounds. The new proposal, which...

Muskegon Heights Public Schools is in deep financial trouble.  The Department of Education warns if the district does not balance its budget in three years, they could lose State aid funds, and be forced to close.  In January, School Board President...

A ranking Republican senator on Thursday called for the state to suspend its plans to submit new bids for state employee health insurance plans and asked for an emergency hearing to study the findings of a state audit. Sen. Bill Brady, the Bloomington...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 40,000 employees at AT&T Inc will keep working under the terms of an expired labor contract while their union continues negotiations with the telephone company, averting a potentially costly strike for now. The workers in...

A $60 million program intended to provide people with disabilities door-to-door public transportation gave rides to people who did not meet requirements, according to a state audit released Friday. The Office of Legislative Audits found that the Maryland...

By Michael Broihier Tuesday morning, the Lincoln County Fiscal Court heard concerns about turnover at the Lincoln County Public Library from former-Library Advisory Board member Keith Lemons. Lemons, who quit the board angrily in November of 2010 after...