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Republican governors in particular are pushing to scale back state-government spending and, in some cases, move to limit the right of public-employee unions to negotiate on issues like pensions and health care.

World Watching Budget Showdown In Washington 2011

The BLS reports the average annual wage for a state-government employee is now $48,742, but $45,155 for a worker in the private sector.

Obama's Badger State Blues Karl Rove 2011

"I'm thinking people are not putting their parents in nursing homes," says Ms. Severn, a state-government worker from Cedar Park, Texas, who reads the Austin American Statesman.

Readers Top the Darts Again 2011

On my first day in Querétaro, around lunchtime, I go for a coffee at the Plaza de las Armas, a slanting square directly before the central state-government building, the site of the emo riot the previous Friday.

Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

While accepting a three-year freeze of base salaries last year, state-government union workers are entitled to automatic pay increases that cost the state $140 million a year, the report said.

Triborough Labor Law Likely to Survive Jacob Gershman 2012

The lawsuit, filed in January 2011 and unsealed by a Cook County, Ill., state-court judge last week, underlines how litigation stemming from unclaimed policies may continue to dog the life-insurance industry even as some major companies move to settle state-government probes into possible violations.

Two Insurers Sued Over Unclaimed Policies Leslie Scism 2012

On my first day in Querétaro, around lunchtime, I go for a coffee at the Plaza de las Armas, a slanting square directly before the central state-government building, the site of the emo riot the previous Friday.

Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

"Every segment of the labor movement is under attack right now," said Naomi Walker, director of state-government relations for the AFL-CIO, which is working with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the U.S.'s biggest public-sector union; the Service Employees International Union; the American Federation of Teachers; and others.

Unions Mobilize Against Curbs Kris Maher 2011

On my first day in Querétaro, around lunchtime, I go for a coffee at the Plaza de las Armas, a slanting square directly before the central state-government building, the site of the emo riot the previous Friday.

Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

German privacy officials demand that Sony Corp. explain its handling of sensitive data following the theft of client data, a German state-government privacy official said Tuesday.

Sony Faces German Questions on Breach David Crawford 2011