Partial government shutdown

Ohio Senator Rob Portman is trying to pass a bill that would prevent another government shutdown in the future.If lawmakers haven’t approved a new budget…

Advocates for lower income people say 1.5 million Ohioans are approaching a food crisis because of the federal government shutdown. Lisa Hamler-Fugitt…

The Akron-Canton Airport is providing a food pantry to its federal employees who missed their second paycheck Friday because of the partial government…

Kent State University professor Dr. Anne Jefferson is not a federal employee, but she and other science professors and researchers at universities across the Great Lakes say they’re being affected by the partial government shutdown. “We can’t get data, we can’t talk to collaborators, we can’t get answers from program officers,” said Jefferson. She uses data from the National Weather Service and other federal agencies in her hydrology class – teaching her students how to use data to solve water resource management issues.

The partial government shutdown is in its fifth week and Akron-area nonprofits that depend on federal funding are discussing what to do if it continues to…

Some of the services local non-profits provide are in jeopardy if the partial government shutdown continues.CEO of the Summit and Medina County Battered…