Federal checks are huge rumors (5K); state checks are small, confirmed reality (200/$400). Trust active state relief over ...

Governments accumulate the same liabilities when they defer investments in personnel, modernization, and oversight. The bill ...

What will happen to U.S. healthcare if the federal government shuts down next week? That question is on the minds of patients, providers, and health policy experts as the clock ticks down to Sept. 30, ...

Five states have off year elections for state government officials: the two on the ballot in 2025, as well as Mississippi, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With every passing day of the government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed or working without pay face mounting financial strain. And now they are ...

A startling message came over the radio from an air traffic control tower near Los Angeles less than a week into the federal government shutdown: “The tower is closed due to staffing.” Without enough ...

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The federal government’s partial shutdown entered its ninth day on Thursday, Oct. 9, as both Republicans and Democrats failed to agree on a budget to restore government funding and end a shutdown that ...

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Staffing shortages led to more flight delays at airports across the U.S. on Tuesday as the federal government shutdown stretched into a seventh day, while union leaders for air traffic controllers and ...

The delayed release of the BLS report has led to fearmongering about the economy's ability to function. Leila Fadel, host of NPR's Up First, said on Friday that "businesses and policymakers are flying ...

The federal government is currently shut down. NPR's network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting services across the country, including in Missouri and Kansas. The federal ...