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A labor arbitrator has awarded three bargaining units within Connecticut’s Judicial Branch a 2.5% cost-of-living raise and a step increase this fiscal year, which effectively represents a 4.5% ...

A group of Minnesota state government employees said they wrote to former Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) multiple times "warning them" about Gov. Tim Walz and ...

Attorney David Boyd, representing Gov. Phil Scott’s administration, speaks as the Vermont State Employees Association seeks to delay the implementation of the governor’s back to the office mandate ...

A former Harvard audiovisual technician sued the University and her former manager for disability discrimination and retaliation in state court earlier this month, according to court documents. Sarah ...

ATLANTA — Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King said newly approved auto insurance rate reductions for State Farm customers mark one of the most significant steps the state has ...

David Scott looks at one of the few photographs he has of his late brother, John, who died at the Fernald School as a teenager. Massachusetts lawmakers have sent a bill to the governor that would make ...

A former Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employee from California has been indicted for allegedly helping veterans fraudulently obtain disability benefits. Daniel Rikkels, 55, of Chula Vista, was ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Nov. 17 state offices will be closed a few more extra days for the upcoming holidays. DeSantis said offices will be closed on the Fridays after Christmas and New ...

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is finally over after President Donald Trump signed a stopgap spending bill narrowly approved by the House last week, but your employees’ healthcare is ...

ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO STATE WORKERS. IT’S LUNCHTIME ON A BEAUTIFUL FALL FRIDAY IN BOSTON’S FINANCIAL DISTRICT. THE STREETS ARE ANYTHING BUT FULL OF LIFE. DOWNTOWN VIBRANCY IS A BYPRODUCT OF THIS ...

It’s never been easy to qualify for Social Security disability benefits. Christopher Tincher knows this firsthand. Tincher began his working life in a coal mine in Aflex, Kentucky, as a teenager in ...