Justin Marlowe, professor at the University of Chicago's public policy school, says the government shutdown has accelerated a decades-long trend of states relying less on the federal…
A sign informs visitors that the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center is closed due to the federal government shutdown on Nov. 4, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)
Ratna Dougherty, an assistant professor at the University of South Florida, discussed the impact of the federal government shutdown on FEMA and disaster relief. The shutdown also…
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks before Donald Trump takes the stage during a Buckeye Values PAC Rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on March 16, 2024. (Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP via Getty Images)
The Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has refused to play a prerecorded video in which Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the shutdown of the federal government.
As a deadlocked state legislature watches its deadline approach to hammer out an operating budget, onlookers wonder what will happen if important IT systems are forced offline.