Sean Higgins

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The strippers have argued that the practices, which attempt to circumvent minimum wage and other federal laws, violate the Fair Labor Standards Act. (iStock Photo)

Strippers’ court wins giving them leg up over clubs

Sean Higgins · March 15, 2015 9:00 am

Vitter quotes ’93 Reid Senate speech on ending birthright citizenship

Vitter quotes ’93 Reid Senate speech on ending birthright citizenship

Sean Higgins · March 13, 2015 4:23 pm

The AFL-CIO headquarters is shown in Washington, DC, 01 August 2005. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

Labor seeks to make pro-trade Dems a liability for party

Sean Higgins · March 12, 2015 9:00 am

"Welcomed some of great @IATSE guys on strike from the #Sharknado3 crew to the house of labor -- their house," Trumka said in a tweet. (AP)

AFL-CIO backs ‘Sharknado 3’ strikers

Sean Higgins · March 11, 2015 9:50 pm

Many Republicans believe the official time is regularly abused, allowing union officials to get paid by taxpayers to do political work.

GOP looks to stop feds from doing union work on taxpayers’ dime

Sean Higgins · March 11, 2015 9:01 am

From left, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY), Peter Sides of the Robert M. Sides Family Music Center, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-IL) participate in a news conference about the previous introduction of the Marketplace Fairness Act on April 23, 2013. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Internet sales tax bill re-introduced in Senate

Sean Higgins · March 11, 2015 12:51 am

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks to YMCA members earlier this month in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Order steers union issue toward Supreme Court

Sean Higgins · March 10, 2015 9:00 am

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks during the Iowa Agriculture Summit, Saturday, March 7, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Scott Walker signs Wisconsin right to work bill

Sean Higgins · March 9, 2015 5:42 pm

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Brewers try to scrape some foam off taxes

Sean Higgins · March 9, 2015 9:00 am

Richard Griffin, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs testifies before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee September 9, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Lawmakers demand labor agency docs in McDonalds case

Sean Higgins · March 7, 2015 5:00 pm

Wisconsin workers may find right-to-work law hard to invoke

Wisconsin workers may find right-to-work law hard to invoke

Sean Higgins · March 6, 2015 10:00 am

"The NLRB's 'ambush' rule is aimed at enriching political bosses at the expense of middle-class workers, Republicans think workers should have the right to make an informed decision when casting their ballot in a union election," said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Senate votes to prohibit labor board’s ‘quickie election’ rule

Sean Higgins · March 4, 2015 6:09 pm