Sean Higgins

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In this Oct. 29, 2014 file photo, motorists drive past a sign warning of upcoming traffic cameras in Cleveland. The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, rejected a driver's motion to reconsider their 4-3 ruling in December. (AP)

Ex-CEO pleads guilty in traffic camera corruption case

Sean Higgins · June 19, 2015 11:05 pm

Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. (Getty Images)

Strange bedfellows unite in scorn of high-tech visa program

Sean Higgins · June 19, 2015 4:01 am

U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) addresses the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) 2013 Manufacturing Summit June 20, 2013 in Washington, DC. Speaker Boehner spoke on Republican efforts to grow the economy and create jobs in the manufacturing sector. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Lobbying kicks into high gear on trade vote

Sean Higgins · June 18, 2015 4:14 pm

In this photo illustration, an ad seen on the Target website for a Cyber Monday sale is displayed on laptop computers on November 29, 2010 in San Anselmo, California. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

New push for Internet sales tax

Sean Higgins · June 18, 2015 4:01 am

In this photo illustration an old age pensioner checks what is left of her weekly state pension on November 6, 2008, in Conwy, Wales. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Pension agency issues rules for helping troubled multi-employer pension plans

Sean Higgins · June 17, 2015 6:37 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, center, joins members of the City Council and community leaders in a photo after he signed into law an ordinance that will gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020, in at Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Los Angeles, Saturday, June 13, 2015. The ordinance makes Los Angeles the largest city in the U.S. to gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

LA’s new $15 minimum wage could cost county residents $30m annually

Sean Higgins · June 16, 2015 4:01 am

The National Labor Relations Board ruled in 2004 that it had authority over tribal casinos, reversing decades of precedent. (AP File Photo)

Congress mulls federal labor exception for Indian tribes

Sean Higgins · June 16, 2015 12:05 am

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs speaks during his daily news briefing in 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Business snagging top Obama strategists

Sean Higgins · June 15, 2015 4:01 am

"I will strenuously object to any consideration of her nomination, and request that you immediately withdraw it and instead put forward a nominee who can be confirmed by the Senate and hit the ground running," the Sen. David Vitter, R-La., said in a letter to President Obama. (Getty Image)

Energy and Environment

Senator says Interior inspector general nominee undermined oil-drilling probe

Sean Higgins · June 12, 2015 11:23 pm

The office of Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued a statement that said, Ã¢â¬Å(The) failure of the TAA provision represents defeat of the TPA bill.Ã¢â¬ï¿½ (AP)

Confused critics of Fast Track prematurely declare victory

Sean Higgins · June 12, 2015 9:41 pm

LA mayor says no exceptions to minimum wage

Sean Higgins · June 12, 2015 4:01 am

TV5 employees work after the French television network was hacked by people claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group, in Paris, France, Thursday April 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

National Security

Virginia teen pleads guilty to using Twitter to aid ISIS

Sean Higgins · June 11, 2015 4:35 pm