Sean Higgins

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A quadcopter drone arrives with a small delivery at Deutsche Post headquarters on December 9, 2013 in Bonn, Germany. Red tape and lack of regulation regarding drone deliveries has given European retailers an edge over U.S. companies. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

Europe ahead on drone technology, feds say

Sean Higgins · March 24, 2015 10:25 pm

Dem senators warn Obamacare rule ‘particularly harmful and disruptive’

Dem senators warn Obamacare rule ‘particularly harmful and disruptive’

Sean Higgins · March 24, 2015 9:00 am

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner talks about economic issues in Illinois during his stop at the Decatur Conference Center and Hotel in Decatur, Ill., Monday March 23, 2015. The workers are seeking to join a similar lawsuit filed last month by Rauner. (AP Photo/Herald & Review, Jim Bowling)

Illinois gov’t workers sue to end mandatory dues

Sean Higgins · March 23, 2015 8:22 pm

A migrant worker picks oranges at a grove March 29, 2006 in Bradenton, Florida. (Phillippe Diederich/Getty Images)

More protection for illegal workers

Sean Higgins · March 23, 2015 9:00 am

The National Labor Relations Board charged the McDonald's Corp. as a "joint employer" with its individual franchises in a series of unfair labor practice complaints. [AP Photo

Big biz warns NLRB ‘joint employer’ rule goes beyond franchising

Sean Higgins · March 21, 2015 9:00 am

Donohue said the change in the joint employer standard was just the latest move by the administration "to overhaul labor law for their own purposes."Â (AP File Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Chamber of Commerce: White House acted on net neutrality for political reasons

Sean Higgins · March 20, 2015 7:42 pm

Lauren McGarity McFerran was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Tuesday to be the newest member of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that enforces labor law. (AP Photo)

Republicans target NLRB in attempt to roll back ‘micro-unions’

Sean Higgins · March 19, 2015 10:51 pm

Phil Roe: "I think we can all agree that No Child Left Behind was well-intentioned, but it has failed our students and made things more difficult for our educators." (AP Photo)

House votes to prohibit rule speeding up workplace union organizing elections

Sean Higgins · March 19, 2015 3:24 pm

Labor Secretary Tom Perez told a House panel Wednesday that the White House's proposed new overtime rule would be released sometime in the next few months. (AP Photo)

New overtime rule in next few months, Labor secretary says

Sean Higgins · March 18, 2015 4:17 pm

Union leader Randi Weingarten stated on Twitter that she had been aware of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's secret, private email address prior to the New York Times story that first revealed it. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Teachers union leader Randi Weingarten knew Hillary Clinton’s email secret

Sean Higgins · March 17, 2015 7:02 pm

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, March 11, 2015 in Washington. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Trade critics push Wyden on Internet concerns

Sean Higgins · March 17, 2015 9:00 am

"I think the president will lose any leverage that he may have to pass a transportation bill if they do the trade deal first," Rep. Tim Ryan, an Ohio Democrat, said. (AP File)

Trade deal critics urge Obama to take up transportation bill first

Sean Higgins · March 16, 2015 7:19 pm