Free news: The Oregon Department of Revenue is extending the income tax filing due date for Department of Homeland Security personnel affected by the ongoing federal government shutdown.
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(The Center Square) – As a partial government shutdown continues, one major airline has suspended services for flying lawmakers as travel chaos builds at U.S. airports.
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(The Center Square) – With many travelers seeing long waits at airports because of the partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump said Saturday he would send Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to provide security at airports to ease the strain.
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(The Center Square) – With less than 48 hours until the funding stopgap for the Department of Homeland Security expires, a hyper-partisan Congress faces limited options to avoid a partial government shutdown.
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(The Center Square) – The ball is in the U.S. Senate’s court to avert a government shutdown Jan. 30, with six fiscal year 2026 appropriations bills signed into law and six more having passed the House.
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(The Center Square) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday cleared three nearly $180 billion government funding bills that will take a step toward preventing a federal government shutdown at the end of January.
Nearly 23,000 aren’t getting paid, but many must keep working
FREE NEWS / OREGON JOURNALISM PROJECT: Sherman County is the hardest hit; federal employees there make up 14% of the workforce and account for more than a quarter of the county’s total annual wages, according to state figures. Many are employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a branch of the nation’s Department of Defense.
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