(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt said Thursday there were no winners in a dispute that led to the 16-day partial shutdown of the federal government. Blunt… Read more »
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Gov’t reopens after Congress ends shutdown
By ANDREW TAYLOR (WASHINGTON, AP) — The government reopened its doors Thursday after a battle-weary Congress approved a bipartisan measure to end a 16-day partial shutdown and avert the possibility of an… Read more »
Fed. employees back to work after 16-day shutdown
By DAVID CRARY and JESSICA GRESKO (WASHINGTON, AP) — Barriers went down at federal memorials and National Park Service sites, and thousands of furloughed federal workers returned to work across the… Read more »
Mo. preparing for possibility of state furloughs
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Some additional Missouri employees could face furloughs if the federal government doesn’t resolve a budget stalemate this week. State budget director Linda Luebbering says Missouri… Read more »
Legal system slowed as shutdown hits courts
By GILLIAN FLACCUS and MATT VOLZ (HELENA, Mont., AP) — The government shutdown is slowing the wheels of justice in federal courts by delaying civil cases, forcing prosecutors to operate with… Read more »
Hope, skepticism linger about parks reopening
By BRIAN SKOLOFF and MATTHEW DALY (TUSAYAN, Ariz., AP) — The Obama administration’s willingness to allow states to reopen national parks shuttered by the partial government shutdown comes with one big… Read more »
Warrensburg protestors voice discontent with shutdown
By STEVE GANEY (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — A group of protestors voiced their discontent with the government shutdown in Warrensburg yesterday. The group of five, affiliated with the Johnson County… Read more »
Fed. shutdown postpones Table Rock fishing tournament
(SHELL KNOB, Mo., AP) — Organizers of the longest continuously running bass tournament on Table Rock Lake are hoping it can be rescheduled, after it was postponed because of the… Read more »
Missouri seeks to tighten food stamp eligibility
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri is proposing to tighten eligibility for food stamps for thousands of adults who aren’t meeting work requirements. The change sought by the Department of… Read more »
Southern Mo. river towns struck by shutdown
By JESSE BOGAN (EMINENCE, Mo., AP) — Many of the people who live amid the hills and hollows around this southern Missouri town aren’t comfortable with the government telling them… Read more »