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U.S. to publish economic data on Puerto Rico for the first time

By Andy Uhler

March 05, 2019

The U.S. government is going to release gross domestic product data on Puerto Rico for the first time because there's concern that numbers from the U.S. — Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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Many states still don't have protections for LGBTQ workers

By Peggy Lowe

February 18, 2019

A unisex sign and the 'We Are Not This' slogan are outside a bathroom at Bull McCabes Irish Pub on May 10, 2016 in Durham, North Carolina. — Sara D. Davis/Getty Images

More than half of U.S. states don’t have laws that specifically bar discrimination against LGBTQ workers.

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Trump says he’s declaring emergency to build border wall

By Associated Press

February 15, 2019

President Donald Trump, repeating his claim that 'walls work,' announced that he will declare a national emergency in order to build a barrier on the US-Mexico border without funding from Congress. — BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images

President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will declare a national emergency to fulfill his pledge to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Congress moves ahead with deal to avoid shutdown

By Kimberly Adams

February 14, 2019

President Trump says he will sign the spending bill, and declare a “national emergency” to build a border wall.

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2 weeks after the shutdown ended, many federal employees still wait for pay

By Erika Beras

February 08, 2019

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After the shutdown, debt may linger for federal employees

By Erika Beras

February 07, 2019

Furloughed federal workers and those aligned with them protest the partial government shutdown in the Hart Senate Office Building Jan. 23, 2019 in Washington, DC. — Win McNamee/Getty Images

Missing two paychecks led many of them to take on debt to pay bills. Odds are they'll be paying it off for a while.

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Coming back to work after the shutdown

By Sean McHenry

February 06, 2019

"Financially and emotionally, I can't shoulder another month, another 8 percent income reduction, for the government to get their act together," Sunny Blaylock says. — Courtesy of Sunny Blaylock

It was a bittersweet return for one government contractor.

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Federal contractors are cut out of shutdown back pay

By Sasa Woodruff

January 31, 2019

A sign outside the Smithsonian American History Museum in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 27. — BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images

We hear from two workers on how it's affected their lives and finances.

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