The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington D.C. (Courtesy: Creative Commons) Read By Jeanie Lindsay / Northwest News Network As federal lawmakers race against the clock to keep the government running, […]Read More
Congressional leaders unveiled new highlights for a fiscal year 2020 budget agreement. It boosts spending for census, federal workers and the military, election security, and border wall efforts.Read More
It is unclear whether the government shutdown has caused resources on campus, such as Rosario’s Place and the TRIO Food Pantry, to run low on food. However, they have noticed more people needing food assistance since the beginning of the semester. Read More
Congressional negotiators are close to a budget deal, but it provides less than what the president wants for a border wall and limits the number of people immigration officials can detain.Read More
As the clock ticks towards a Friday deadline to avert another partial government shutdown, a new stumbling block has emerged in talks between Congressional Democrats and the White House: Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention beds.Read More
The previous 35-day government shutdown caused flights into New York's Laguardia Airport stop due to a staff shortage. Zach Anders is live from Moscow/Pullman Regional Airport to see how it might affect our region.Read More
The deal would open the government through Feb. 15, a House Democratic source says. The potential breakthrough comes as federal workers missed a second paycheck and airports reported major delays. Read More
More public and private agencies are stepping up to ease the financial strain on federal workers affected by the partial government shutdown. Many of those workers will miss their second paycheck Friday.Read More
Should the U.S. require its citizens to perform public service? Should its young women register for the draft?
A federal panel says it is working on answers to those questions — and is considering how the nation could implement a universal service program and whether it should be mandatory or optional.Read More
President Trump promised to find an alternative setting for his State of the Union address, after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., insisted he could not speak on the House floor until a partial government shutdown is over.Read More
Without money from the Delta Air Lines Foundation, Atlanta's Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park would have been closed for the King holiday, a National Park Service spokesman told NPR.Read More
The proposal would temporarily extend deportation protections for some immigrants in exchange for funding for a border wall. But Democrats say the offer doesn't amount to much. Read More
The partial government shutdown is blocking some of important oversight at Hanford. In the past 10 years, the Environmental Protection Agency office in Richland has shrunk from nearly 10 experts working on Hanford issues to just three – including the top manager. Read More
From aviation contracts to deals with vendors and even seasonal hiring, the partial federal government shutdown is cutting into planning and preparation for the 2019 wildfire season in the Northwest. Read More
Firefighters and forest managers are losing valuable time to prepare for the upcoming wildland fire season as the partial government shutdown continues.Read More
Some Oregon State Parks workers are now tending to federal recreation lands as the partial U.S. government shutdown continues with no end in sight. People are still visiting trailheads, day-use parking lots and boat ramps on federal lands, but U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management rangers aren't on duty. Read More
Jill Rorem, like many Americans, had made some special plans for the holidays. The Chicago native was finally going to get to see the nation's capital with her arts-obsessed kids.
Then, the federal government partially shut down.Read More
President Trump is addressing the nation about border security tonight, Tuesday, Jan. 8, beginning at 6 p.m. PT. Read More
The White House says, tax refund checks will be sent out, even though the IRS, part of the Treasury Department, is for the most part shuttered.Read More
When the government shutdown began on December 22, National Park Service higher-ups aspired to maintain access to Western parks—to the extent it was possible with a skeleton staff. But that quickly became untenable at Crater Lake National Park due to lack of snow plowing and sewer maintenance.Read More
The shutdown has closed much of the National Marine Fisheries Service, which oversees Bering Sea fisheries off the Alaska coast. Industry workers don't know when boats will get needed authorizations.Read More
A significant power shift begins in Washington with Democrats taking control of the House of Representatives. The incoming speaker plans votes on bills to reopen the government and new rules.Read More
The House of Representatives will vote on a funding bill to end the partial government shutdown on Thursday, the first day of the new Congress when Democrats will take control of the chamber and are expected to elect Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as speaker.Read More
There's no end in sight for the spending standoff that has forced the shutdown of about a quarter of the federal government. The longer the shutdown continues, the more services will be affected.Read More
The partial shutdown of the U.S. government, which is affecting more than 800,000 federal workers and numerous government agencies, also has consequences for the Violence Against Women Act, which expired midnight on Friday. Separately, both the House and the Senate passed spending deals that included clauses that would have extended VAWA until Feb. 8.Read More
National parks would be affected. The contingency plan for the National Park Service says to stop plowing roads. Given the current wintry weather, that would close Crater Lake and Mount Rainier National Parks in short order. Fort Clatsop would be likely to close too.Read More
The House and Senate convened at noon Saturday. Congress is looking for a way forward. But President Trump maintains that any bill has to include money for his wall, a demand Democrats still reject.Read More
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., says President Trump "will not sign" a Senate-approved plan to temporarily fund government agencies, increasing the chances the government will partially shut down on Friday night.Read More
After the death of former President George H.W. Bush top Hill leaders decided to prepare a two-week funding bill to postpone a fight over President Trump's demand for $5 billion for a border wall.Read More
Hours earlier, the president had hinted at vetoing the legislation but relented, citing "national security." The threat added suspense to what otherwise would have been a perfunctory signing ceremony.Read More
Lawmakers have voted to restore funding through Feb. 8 after an agreement to pursue immigration bills in the coming weeks. The White House says the government will resume normal operations on Tuesday.Read More
Uncertainty reigns about what federal public lands will be open if the congressional budget standoff leads to a partial government shutdown. Closed national parks and forest campgrounds were among the most visible effects the last time the federal government partially shut down in October 2013.Read More
CACOPHONY / WIKIMEDIA – TINYURL.COM/N3AC2EV Listen If you have a reservation at a Washington state park this weekend or you rely on state services, you can breathe a sigh of […]Read More
WSDOT / FLICKR Listen There’s still no word of a budget deal in the Washington state Capitol. And a partial government shutdown is just days away. Yet lawmakers remain optimistic. […]Read More
The Washington Capitol in Olympia. WSDOT / FLICKR Listen After weeks of deadlock, Washington lawmakers could be close to reaching an agreement in principle on a state budget, House and […]Read More
File photo. A partial government shutdown in Washington state would mean state parks closing just in time for the Fourth of July holiday. WASHINGTON STATE PARKS – TINYURL.COM/Y8ZLZ8CA Listen If […]Read More
