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Maryland begins unemployment planning for potential federal shutdown
The Maryland Department of Labor proposed two different methods of compensation for federal employees who could be impacted by a government shutdown next month to lawmakers Tuesday.
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State’s top financial officials blast congressional budget inaction
Maryland’s top financial officials and the governor said Thursday that the looming federal shutdown would be “devastating” for Maryland’s economy.
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Federal Government possible shutdown would be widespread and hurt millions of Americans
By MONICA GODNICK, FATEMA HOSSEINI, JOSIE JACK and RYAN MERCADO WASHINGTON – A looming...
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Food banks, feeding programs gird for federal shutdown’s impact
Food banks and pantries statewide, already straining to fill the gap from the end of COVID benefits, are bracing to meet additional demand if a government shutdown furloughs federal and military workers and federal nutrition programs run dry.
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Van Hollen: Failure to raise the debt ceiling would be the ‘economic equivalent’ of detonating a ‘nuclear weapon’
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said Tuesday that he hopes Republicans will ease their opposition to raising the debt ceiling if Democrats agree to decouple that proposal from a bill to fund the government and thus prevent an unprecedented pandemic-era shutdown.
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