Sean Higgins

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Will Levi is chief counsel to Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

From Supreme Court clerk to Capitol Hill

Sean Higgins · May 16, 2016 4:01 am

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, center, speaks with Doug McCarron, president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, left, and Bill Irwin Jr., executive director of the Carpenters International Training Center. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Unions pour $45 million into pro-Dem super PACs

Sean Higgins · May 14, 2016 4:01 am

The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing Thursday looking into the Obama administration's practice of diverting funds from settlements with major financial institutions to independent nonprofit groups. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

House committee to probe Obama ‘slush funds’

Sean Higgins · May 13, 2016 10:07 pm

"Early news reports, which said kiosks would be available in every Wendy's restaurant by the end of the year, were not quite accurate," Wendy's spokesman Bob Bertini said. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Minimum wage hikes push Wendy’s toward self-service

Sean Higgins · May 13, 2016 10:03 pm

Uber driver near an airport.

Uber deal with union a marriage of convenience, experts say

Sean Higgins · May 11, 2016 10:36 pm

In late April, the Treasury Department released a report on whether U.S. trading partners, including Beijing, engage in "persistent one-sided intervention in the foreign exchange market."

Obama undercuts Clinton on China’s currency

Sean Higgins · May 9, 2016 4:01 am

"Our goal is to put forward a set of best practices and call to action for state legislators to make progress on reforms to address the misuse of non-competes," said Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Administration plans new regs to limit worker ‘non-compete’ clauses

Sean Higgins · May 5, 2016 5:32 pm

"What I'm really looking to do is to get people great jobs so they get much more money than that so, that they make much more than $15," Trump told CNN. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

Trump ‘open to doing something’ on the minimum wage

Sean Higgins · May 4, 2016 11:06 pm

The move would represent a slight pullback for the administration regarding the upcoming rule change. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)

Labor Dept. considering $47,000 overtime cap

Sean Higgins · April 29, 2016 3:55 pm

Ryan says Obama labor policy having ‘chilling effect’ on economy

Sean Higgins · April 28, 2016 9:28 pm

A leading candidate in the race for the West Virginia Supreme Court, Darrell McGraw, has the endorsement of most of the state's unions. (AP Photo)

West Virginia judicial race could hit state’s right-to-work law

Sean Higgins · April 27, 2016 10:32 pm

Justices grilled Assistant Solicitor General Michael Drebben regarding the government's case that Bob McDonnell committed five "official acts" on behalf of a donor that constituted bribery. (AP Photo)

Supreme Court skeptical about McDonnell’s corruption charges

Sean Higgins · April 27, 2016 4:28 pm