Federal Government Shutdown

Members of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association plan to hand out pamphlets Tuesday at airports across the country — including Charlotte Douglas International Airport — to inform passengers about effects of the ongoing federal government shutdown.

The government shutdown rolls on and it is impacting North Carolina. The Senate is in session, but the House has been out for weeks. We’ll catch up on what has been happening and not happening on Capitol Hill and consider the possible impact in Washington D.C. of North Carolina’s plans to gerrymander districts for the midterms.

CEO Eric Aft says Second Harvest will have to quickly dip into its limited reserves to address the possible new demand.

An estimated 57,000 households in Mecklenburg County receive government food benefits, but come March, those benefits could run out due to the partial…

Updated at 3:43 p.m. ETAfter at an at times heated debate, the Senate Thursday, as expected, failed to approve either of two competing measures that would…