Shutdown

A long, drawn out budget cycle marked by stopgap spending and the threat of a shutdown takes a toll, says Justin Barrett, treasurer of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. 

Eighty percent of restaurants in New York City didn't pay full rent in June. The businesses historically have little if any reserves, one expert says.

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

The partial government shutdown ended two weeks ago, but thousands of workers still haven’t received their back pay. Restarting an organization as immense as the federal government after an extended shutdown takes time and can be fraught with unexpected delays. Federal payroll processing has been delayed by email backlogs, software glitches and an overwhelming number […]

It was a bittersweet return for one government contractor.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its January jobs report on Friday.

"We think we'll be down about $3 billion of GDP," CBO Director Keith Hall says.

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and the other members of the agency's Open Market Committee meet Tuesday for the first time this year.

The experience has left local leaders re-examining their relationship with the government.