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The House returns for a vote to end the government shutdown after nearly 2 months away
By: Kevin Freking | Joey Cappelletti | Matt Brown | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers will make a long-awaited return to the nation’s capital on Wednesday after nearly eight weeks away to potentially put an end to the longest federal government… Read More
An Ohio agency warns that the federal shutdown could mean furloughs for state workers
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s not just federal employees affected by the shutdown of the U.S. government, which is 33 days old and approaching the record of 35 days… Read More
Ohio kicks in $25M for food assistance as the government shutdown drags on
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio will kick in to $25 million for food assistance to families whose benefits in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food… Read More
The federal shutdown could prevent November SNAP funding. In Southeast Ohio, community leaders are prepared to help.
By: Amanda Pirani
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — When Kyra Gleckler heard about the impending disruptions to SNAP starting Sunday, she felt called to take action. “I myself have been on SNAP… Read More
Education Department layoffs hit offices that oversee special education and civil rights enforcement
By: Collin Binkley | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings, threatening new disruption… Read More
The US government is on the brink of its first shutdown in almost 7 years during a partisan standoff
By: Mary Clare Jalonick | Lisa Mascaro | Stephen Groves | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A partisan standoff over health care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years, with Democrats and Republicans in Congress… Read More