Tag: Alexander Acosta

Apprentice Ryan Buzzy, right, works with Skip Johnson, a trainer for the Stihl Inc. apprenticeship program, on a metalworking lathe in their training area at the Stihl Inc. manufacturing facility in Virginia Beach, Va., on May 25. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Pushed by Trump, states look to promote apprenticeships

Anna Giaritelli · December 11, 2017 5:01 am

Labor groups say the effort, led by Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, is crucial to a maintaining a sustained economic recovery. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Unions applaud White House on apprenticeship push

Sean Higgins · November 17, 2017 9:57 pm

Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch spoke at the Federalist Society's 2017 National Lawyers Convention in Washington Thursday night. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Neil Gorsuch: Scalia’s views on the Constitution aren’t ‘going anywhere on my watch’

Ryan Lovelace · November 17, 2017 4:53 am

Administration should not undermine the role of Congress in making laws, Alexander Acosta said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta says government has duty to ‘decline to govern’

Sean Higgins · November 16, 2017 9:01 pm

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said several Obama administration regulatory efforts, which covered overtime rules, retirement investment advice, corporate legal liability, and disclosure requirements by lawyers who practice labor law were overreaches that hurt the economy. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta backs Trump administration on overtime rule

Sean Higgins · November 15, 2017 7:37 pm

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta will appear before a congressional panel Wednesday, where he is expected to be challenged on the Obama-era policies the Labor Department has rolled back during his tenure. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to answer for Trump’s workforce policies

Sean Higgins · November 14, 2017 5:01 am

Good-paying jobs that don't require a degree exist, and people who make that choice don't have to spend paying off student loans, the labor secretary said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Higher education not for everyone, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta says

Sean Higgins · October 30, 2017 7:03 pm

A Shooting in the Neighborhood

David Skinner · June 28, 2017 9:45 am

A Shooting in the Neighborhood

David Skinner · June 23, 2017 5:40 am