Tag: Government Shutdown
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DIA to cut flights until government shutdown ends
Denver International Airport will reduce its flights by up to 10% while the government shutdown persists. The news comes after the Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday that it would be reducing air traffic across 40 “high-volume” markets, as air traffic controllers have become increasingly strained amid the shutdown. DIA is on that list. Reductions are…
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US government shutdown progress in doubt as Democrats grow emboldened from election wins
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elections this week that energized Democrats and angered President Donald Trump have cast a chill over efforts to end the record-breaking government shutdown, raising fresh doubts about the possibility of a breakthrough despite the punishing toll of federal closures on the country. Trump has increased pressure on Senate Republicans to end the…
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EDITORIAL: Will Bennet, Hick help reopen our government?
Now that the nation’s largest labor union for federal employees — a bastion of Democratic Party support — is calling on U.S. Senate Democrats to end the federal government shutdown, will the lawmakers listen? And will Colorado’s own Democratic U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper heed the union’s appeal to their party this week…
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White House: Job cuts have begun
WASHINGTON – The White House said on Friday that it had begun substantial layoffs across the U.S. government, as President Donald Trump followed through on a threat to cut the federal workforce during the government shutdown. Job cuts were under way at the Treasury Department, the U.S. health agency and the departments of education, commerce,…
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Political messages on some US government websites fault Democrats for the shutdown
NEW YORK (AP) — Army veteran Samuel Port couldn’t believe what he was reading in his latest weekly newsletter emailed from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. It blamed Senate Democrats for the federal shutdown, saying they were blocking a stopgap bill to fund the government “due to unrelated policy demands.” It then listed various…
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Air Force Academy, Peterson and Schriever to see closures during shutdown
The Air Force Academy and Peterson and Schriever Space Force Bases announced Wednesday that some functions are closed because some civilian employees are furloughed. The academy announced on its website that the planetarium will not host any public shows and its visitor center will not be staffed. The center will be open for the public…
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Rocky Mountain National Park open with limited visitor services amid government shutdown
Rocky Mountain National Park in northern Colorado remains open during the federal government shutdown, which started Wednesday, though visitor services are limited. With prime leaf-peeping season in full swing, the national park’s popular Glacier Gorge Trailhead crawled with visitors on Oct. 1. A lone park ranger answered visitor questions at the trailhead, many of which…
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Air traffic controllers report to work, as Denver airports brace for impact should federal shutdown linger
After Democrats and Republicans failed to agree on a plan to keep the U.S. government funded, several federal agencies, including the Federal Aviation Administration, are preparing to wait out another government shutdown, the first since 2019. The FAA posted a warning, highlighted in red, that “portions of the Department of Transportation are currently in shutdown/furlough…
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Denver Federal Center almost empty on Day 1 of government shutdown
Few vehicles moved in and out of the Denver Federal Center gates Wednesday. The Denver Federal Center — located off of West 6th Avenue and Kipling Street in Lakewood — has the nation’s largest concentration of federal offices outside Washington, D.C., with 55 buildings on its 600-acre campus. The complex is home to key agencies,…
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Colorado will help furloughed federal workers claim unemployment benefits
As civilian federal workers in Colorado wait for word as to whether they will be furloughed by a federal government shutdown, the state’s Department of Labor and Employment is reaching out to aid workers in claiming unemployment benefits. The agency, which made the announcement early Wednesday, reiterated that many federal workers could be eligible for…