Sean Higgins

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Taxpayers spend $157m for union work

Sean Higgins · October 7, 2014 7:28 pm

In a Oct. 1 letter to EPA administration Gina McCarthy, theÂ Office of AdvocacyÂ stated that the proposed rule would impose costs "directly on small businesses" and that these costs would have a "significant economic impact," despite the EPA's claims to the contrary.Â (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

EPA contradicts itself with Clean Water Act rule, federal agency says

Sean Higgins · October 7, 2014 9:00 am

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GOP sharpens knives to cut political spending by labor

Sean Higgins · October 6, 2014 9:00 am

The Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

FCC fines Marriott $600,000 for forcing customers onto pricey Wi-Fi network

Sean Higgins · October 3, 2014 7:39 pm

Vice President Joe Biden was speaking as a guest at the Chamber of Commerce Friday morning when he told the group's leaders that they were "dead wrong" on the minimum wage issue.Â (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

You are ‘dead wrong’ on minimum wage, Biden tells Chamber of Commerce

Sean Higgins · October 3, 2014 5:16 pm

Bacon cheeseburgers costing more

Sean Higgins · October 2, 2014 5:31 pm

Labor Secretary Tom Perez:Â "By raising the minimum wage for workers on federal contracts, we're rewarding a hard day's work with fair pay. This action will also benefit taxpayers. Boosting wages lowers turnover and increases morale, and will lead to higher productivity."Â (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Labor Department sets $10.10 minimum wage for federal contractors

Sean Higgins · October 2, 2014 4:16 pm

ExxonMobil has given almost $2 million to ALEC since 1998, its statements show. (AP File)

ExxonMobil refutes report it has quit ALEC

Sean Higgins · September 30, 2014 5:28 pm

Students protest the rising costs of student loans for higher education on Hollywood Boulevard in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Student loans may drag down economy for years

Sean Higgins · September 29, 2014 9:00 am

The FBI has engaged in numerous "significant" investigations in recent months involving employees who used their access to company servers to destroy data, steal customer information, make unauthorized charges to company accounts and steal trade secrets. (iStock Photo)

FBI warns cyber sabotage, extortion by disgruntled employees rising

Sean Higgins · September 27, 2014 9:00 am

Workers assemble body armor in the sewing area in the Point Blank Body Armor factory in Pompano Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

GDP rebounds, rising 4.6 percent

Sean Higgins · September 26, 2014 4:55 pm

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed two lawsuits representing its first-ever complaints charging that companies violated the Civil Rights Act by discriminating against transgender people. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

EEOC files first transgender-discrimination lawsuits

Sean Higgins · September 26, 2014 4:11 pm