Neighborhood park offerings are not likely to be reduced because of layoffs this year after most of the Chicago Park District unions agreed to accept furlough days in 2010, saving the district $2.3 million. By a 4-to-1 margin Wednesday night, Service…

Kelsey Steinke thought of herself as a fairly bright college student — except when it came to managing personal finances.

“I knew very little,” she said. “Not much at all.”

Compared to some of her peers, however, she was a prodigy.

“I mean, there…

An Alameda County Superior Court judge Thursday ordered Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to halt thrice-monthly furloughs for tens of thousands of state workers, saying the administration overstepped its authority in approving the unpaid days off.

A…

HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama’s pick to lead the Transportation Security Administration has provided Congress inconsistent reports about — and regrets for — running background checks on his then-estranged wife’s boyfriend two…

The school board is expected to vote Tuesday on a proposed four-year contract with the security officers’ union that will impose a wage freeze for 2010-11 and require employees to pay more for health and pension benefits.

The agreement with the 15-member…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California judge on Thursday ruled that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had abused his discretion in ordering furloughs of state workers, dealing a blow to the administration’s efforts to cope with the state’s ongoing fiscal…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — It took Mark Dayton two tries and many millions from his personal fortune to win one of Minnesota’s U.S. Senate seats. After one frustrating term, he couldn’t wait to flee Washington.

Three years later, Dayton is trying to…

BOSTON (AP) — Janitors who clean Delta and United airlines planes at Boston’s Logan International Airport have gone on strike.

The more than 100 Aramark Corp. employees clean toilets and remove trash from planes parked overnight. They say many have…

Thomas Frank, author of What’s the Matter with Kansas? and The Wrecking Crew, recently discussed the barriers to union organizing with Laura Flanders of GRIT TV.

ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air lines Inc. has received government permission to operate its namesake service and its Northwest Airlines subsidiary as a single carrier, a Delta executive said Thursday.

The single operating certificate from the Federal…