Federal shutdown

US Senator Patty Murray made her budget priorities clear at a Seattle food bank on Wednesday: She wants to preserve federal programs that affect the poor,…

The partial government shutdown is over and the US avoided debt default this week, but the hard work is just beginning.Members of both parties are eager…

It’s Friday — time to talk over the week's news with Crosscut's Knute Berger, Eli Sanders of The Stranger and KIRO 7's Essex Porter.Congress reached a…

The shutdown cost the economy $24 billion according to research from Standard and Poor’s . Other analysts peg it at a few billion higher or lower. But…

Federal employees in Washington state and across the US who have been furloughed since Oct. 1 would return to work soon if Congress signs off on a budget…

Today, with mere hours left before the US' borrowing authority expires, the Senate released a plan that will fund the government through Jan. 15 and lift…

The partial government shutdown is now in its 16th day, but it appears to coming to an end. Senate leaders have reached a bipartisan agreement to re-open…