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FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2009 file photo, a pedestrian walks past the headquarters of the health insurer Cigna Corp. in in Philadelphia. A federal judge on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, rejected Anthem Inc.'s bid to buy rival health insurer Cigna Corp., saying the merger would likely lead to higher costs, less competition and diminished innovation. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the merger would significantly reduce competition in the already concentrated insurance market, particularly for large national employers. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2011, file photo, Illinois state Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, D-Chicago, poses in Springfield, Ill. The Illinois lawmaker wants to send a message to President Donald Trump by lifting prohibitions on state coverage of abortions. Feigenholtz has introduced legislation to lift the ban on state-employee health insurance or public-assistance payment for abortions. It is scheduled for an afternoon hearing Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2016, file photo, an Indian vendor who sells snacks and chewable tobacco reads a Gujarati language newspaper that has the headline "this time Trump Government" in Ahmadabad, India. The U.S. and India seem like a natural fit in the era of President Donald Trump: rambunctious democracies, led by populists, focused on economic growth and fighting radical Islam. It’s a budding partnership that could be set back by a nuts-and-bolts dispute over employment visas. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)
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Firefighters and police officers from Nebraska walk down the stairs following a news conference outside the State Capitol in Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. They spoke up against a bill in the Legislature that would place new department employees in a cash balance pension plan rather than a traditional pension. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Steve LeClair, right, president of the Omaha firefighters association, and Sgt. John Wells, second right, head of the Omaha police union, are joined by firefighters and police officers from Nebraska during a news conference outside the State Capitol in Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. They spoke up against a bill in the Legislature that would place new department employees in a cash balance pension plan rather than a traditional pension. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Steve LeClair, right, president of the Omaha firefighters association, and Sgt. John Wells, center, head of the Omaha police union, are joined by firefighters and police officers from Nebraska during a news conference outside the State Capitol in Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. They spoke up against a bill in the Legislature that would place new department employees in a cash balance pension plan rather than a traditional pension. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2011 file photo, University of California, Davis Police Lt. John Pike uses pepper spray to move Occupy UC Davis protesters while blocking their exit from the school's quad in Davis, Calif. Pike later lost his job, as did UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi. University of California, Berkeley police took a hands-off approach to protesters on the campus last week when violent rioters overtook a largely peaceful protest against a controversial speaker. But that response is being questioned as demonstrators become increasingly hostile and politics are more polarized. (Wayne Tilcock/The Davis Enterprise via AP, File)
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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signs a bill in his Capitol conference room in Little Rock on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, to cut income taxes on military retirement benefits as Sen. Jane English, center, looks on. The tax cut is intended to help promote economic development by attracting retirees to the state. Arkansas will raise taxes on unemployment benefits, soda, candy and digital downloads to pay for it. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)
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Microsoft Corp. is one of more than 125 American businesses that have banded together to register their disapproval of President Trump's extreme vetting policy, saying they fear they will lose out on workers. (Associated Press)
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"Vincent Gray... needs to slow the roll of this new hospital train. The only reason to build a new hospital from scratch or to renovate a former acute facility is because acute-care demand is not meeting health-care supply — and that is not the case in the District," says columnist Deborah Simmons. (Associated Press)
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Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens speaks before signing legislation to make Missouri the 28th "right-to-work" state during a ceremonial signing at the abandoned Amelex warehouse in Springfield, Mo. on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. The governor and other backers of right to work say it will bring business to the state and give workers the choice not to pay into a union if they don't want to join. (Nathan Papes/The Springfield News-Leader via AP)
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Protestors are removed by the Missouri State Highway Patrol after they interrupted Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens as he spoke before a ceremonial signing for "right-to-work" legislation at the abandoned Amelex warehouse in Springfield, Mo. on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. The law, which goes into effect on Aug. 28, prohibits unions from charging membership dues as a condition of employment. (Nathan Papes/The Springfield News-Leader via AP)
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Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens signs legislation to make Missouri the 28th "right-to-work" state during a ceremonial signing at the abandoned Amelex warehouse in Springfield, Mo. on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. The law, which goes into effect on Aug. 28, prohibits unions from charging membership dues as a condition of employment. (Nathan Papes/The Springfield News-Leader via AP)
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FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2017 file photo, Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. In a decade as a federal appeals court judge, Gorsuch has criticized courts for giving too much power to government agencies that enforce the nation’s labor and employment laws. He's also backed curbs on some class-action lawsuits as lawyer in private practice. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka poses for a photograph in his office in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s crackdown on collective bargaining could serve as a model for President Donald Trump’s plans to overhaul the federal workforce. But any such move by the new president would risk a fight with already wary labor leaders. Trumka shrugged off the idea of Trump making a Walker-style assault on the federal civil service _ because, he said, even the Republican-controlled Congress won’t allow it.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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In this Feb. 1, 2016, photo, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **
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Veterans make up about 19 percent of the corn ethanol workforce, according to federal Energy Department figures — the largest percentage of veterans in any energy subsector of the U.S. economy. (Associated Press/File)
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The IRS leniency rate for employees who have been caught cheating on their taxes could be anywhere from 60 percent to 82 percent. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2016 file photo, the HealthCare.gov 2017 web site home page as seen in Washington. The government says about 9.2 million people signed up for coverage this year through HealthCare.gov, the health insurance website serving most states. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
