By Melissa Rigney Baxter Special to The Daily Reporter This year will be a grim one, according to those who work in the construction industry. “There are a lot of things lining up against 2010 being overall a good year,” ...

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Matt Pommer Health care premiums in 2010 for the state’s largest insurance program will increase an average 9 percent. The program covers some 155,000 people, including state workers, retirees and their families, according to state officials. The state Group Insurance ...

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Matt Pommer Health care premiums in 2010 for the state’s largest insurance program will increase an average 9 percent. The program covers some 155,000 people, including state workers, retirees and their families, according to state officials. The state Group Insurance ...

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Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar AP Writer Washington — Praising and prodding Congress at once, President Barack Obama on Wednesday said a vast reform of the nation’s health insurance system is required to head off instability to families, industry and the government itself. ...

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Erica Werner and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar AP Writers Washington — A defiant President Barack Obama sought Monday to revive his faltering plan to overhaul health care, delivering a full-throated promise to get comprehensive legislation and summoning lawmakers crucial to his effort ...

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