Government Shutdown

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…

The partial government shutdown blocked the 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Day ceremony from the Old Courthouse in St. Louis. Nevertheless, about 50 people…

Barricades and “park closed” signs weren’t quite the sort of sights Andy Magee anticipated photographing when he embarked a couple weeks ago on a 365-day…

Missourians who are eligible for Food Stamp benefits will receive their February Food Stamp benefit early. The United States Department of Agriculture,...

Even breweries are feeling the pinch of the partial federal government shutdown. “The regulating body that we have to submit all of our labels to, to...

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

The president is marking the first anniversary of his inauguration with a government shutdown. Lawmakers are back at the Capitol trying to break the impasse — and playing the political blame game.

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 18, 2013: Within Missouri’s congressional delegation, few members are closer than U.S. Rep. Ann…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: The deadlock in Washington, D.C., is the product of numerous factors. There is the irredentist Tea…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 14, 2013 - As far as U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt is concerned, his fellow Republicans in the House are…