It’s been 17 years since the federal government last faced a partial shutdown because Congress and the president couldn’t agree on a spending bill. A lot has changed in that time, leaving federal employees, citizens and even government decision-makers confused about what a shutdown would mean. Every shutdown is different. The politics that cause […]
President Barack Obama is telling members of the military he’ll work to get Congress to re-open the government as soon as possible. Obama is addressing troops in a video message after Congress missed a midnight deadline to avert a partial government shutdown. Obama says troops in uniform will remain on duty as usual. He […]
Approximately 52,000 federal employees across the state of Ohio look to be off the job indefinitely after the government shut down just after midnight on Tuesday. “A lot of people who are federal workers may be furloughed which has been common the past,” said Dr. Kay Strong, associate economics professor at Baldwin Wallace University. Roughly 3,000 […]
