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Jeffco residents file most of Colorado’s unemployment claims since federal shutdown
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Federal workers in Jefferson County have made the most unemployment claims in Colorado since the government shutdown began more than three weeks ago. The Colorado Sun reports data from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment show that about 23 percent of the 1,642 unemployment claims filed by federal workers in Colorado since the government…
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WATCH: These Colorado Congress members are going without pay during government shutdown
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Members of Colorado’s Congressional delegation from both major parties are giving up their salaries as thousands of federal government workers go without paychecks during the partial government shutdown. More than 800,000 government workers are not receiving paychecks during the shutdown, which was triggered by a deadlock between President Donald Trump and Congress over funding for…
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US aviation system is showing strains from shutdown; worse is ahead, say Colorado experts
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The partial government shutdown is starting to strain the national aviation system, with unpaid security screeners staying home, air-traffic controllers suing the government and safety inspectors off the job. Jeffrey Price, an aviation-security consultant and a professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver, expects more Transportation Security Administration agents will fail to show up, creating…
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WATCH: Federal workers gather in downtown Denver to protest shutdown
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A group of federal workers who protested the government shutdown in downtown Denver Thursday afternoon said they have been through this before. The protest came on Day 20 of the government shutdown, tying it for the second-longest in U.S. history. The longest was in 1995, when Democrat Bill Clinton served as president. “I have a…
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WATCH: With fewer federal diners, Elvis-themed Lakewood cafe is feeling a hunka-hunka burnin’ pain
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We’ve heard from many federal employees struggling to make ends meet without a paycheck, but there are also ripple effects of the partial government shutdown that go beyond the people who are not getting paid. Take Nick’s Cafe, a mom-and-pop eatery where Elvis is still king — and where the usual lunch crowd from the…
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Rocky Mountain National Park closes roads, restrooms amid shutdown
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ESTES PARK – Rocky Mountain National Park officials say they are closing restrooms and locking up trash bins in many locations, citing human waste and other concerns during the partial shutdown of the federal government. An update on the park’s website posted Sunday said park officials had concerns about wildlife and public health but provided…
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Farmers risk loss of federal payments, loans, from shutdown
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WASHINGTON – The end of 2018 seemed to signal good things to come for America’s farmers. Fresh off the passage of the farm bill, which reauthorized agriculture, conservation and safety net programs, the Agriculture Department last week announced a second round of direct payments to growers hardest hit by President Donald Trump’s trade war with…
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Federal workers in Colorado, elsewhere face grim prospect of lengthy shutdown
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Three days, maybe four. That’s how long Ethan James, 21, says he can realistically miss work before he’s struggling. So as the partial government shutdown stretched into its sixth day Thursday with no end in sight, James, a minimum-wage contractor sidelined from his job as an office worker at the Interior Department, was worried. “I…
