American Federation of Government Employees

U.S. Reps. Nikki Budzinski and Wesley Bell, both Democrats, join a small group of federal employees on Thursday calling for an end to the government shutdown. Thousands of federal workers have been furloughed or forced to work without pay.

Dozens of American Federation of Government Employees union members rallied Saturday outside the post office in Florissant, calling on President Donald Trump to withdraw his executive orders that have disrupted workers nationwide since January.

Donna Rogers hasn’t received a paycheck in weeks. An Army veteran who works at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) office in St. Louis, she’s among…

Federal employees throughout metro St. Louis are feeling the brunt of the partial government shutdown two weeks in, as agencies and departments have…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 6, 2010 - During the 1940s, Flannery O'Connor wrote a deeply dark short story called "A Good…