Sean Higgins

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Long a staple of public broadcasting, Big Bird and the rest of the "Sesame Street" gang moved to HBO in 2015. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Public broadcasting advocates lose Big Bird in their budget battle

Sean Higgins · April 12, 2017 5:31 pm

Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said the Trump administration will seek input from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle on how best to restructure and shrink the government workforce. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mulvaney: Trump looking for input on how to cut the federal workforce

Sean Higgins · April 12, 2017 3:00 am

A group of 47 House Republicans is urging the heads of Congress' appropriations committee to restrain the National Labor Relations Board from implementing several of former President Barack Obama's changes to labor regulations. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Republicans call on Congress to restrain NLRB

Sean Higgins · April 10, 2017 6:32 pm

A labor board official ruled that CAIR does not qualify as a religious group exempt from the labor act. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Islamic group CAIR fighting effort to unionize staff

Sean Higgins · April 10, 2017 5:02 pm

Former head of the SEIU wants states to be allowed to experiment to help workers' interests. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Effort to decertify Minnesota union gains steam

Sean Higgins · April 10, 2017 4:01 am

President Trump's pick to head the Labor Department, former assistant attorney general for civil rights Alexander Acosta, is heading toward a relatively easy confirmation when he gets a vote in the full Senate this month. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Liberals largely quiet on Acosta bid for labor secretary

Sean Higgins · April 6, 2017 8:28 pm

Republicans are trying to loosen workplace regulations, which were tightened in the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

GOP pushes worker flex time

Sean Higgins · April 5, 2017 5:34 pm

Ice cream chain has not met a pledge to use milk only from dairy farms that pay workers fair wages, group says. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Migrant worker group protests Ben & Jerry’s

Sean Higgins · April 4, 2017 9:46 pm

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissented in the 7-1 decision. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Supreme Courts slaps down EEOC on subpoenas

Sean Higgins · April 3, 2017 4:15 pm

The Justice Department is refusing to say whether it plans to divert any funds in any future settlements its is pursuing or if it instead plans formally prohibit the practice.

Obama’s ‘slush fund’ settlements may survive under Trump

Sean Higgins · April 3, 2017 4:01 am

Success of movement has brought more attention to the laws' exception for tipped employees. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Minimum wage activists call tipping racist

Sean Higgins · April 1, 2017 4:10 am

President Trump set to sign two executive orders intended to improve the United States' position on trade. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump lays groundwork for trade battles

Sean Higgins · March 31, 2017 4:38 pm