Why This Jobs Report Will Be a Mess

By BEN CASSELMAN
NYT Business
The lengthy government shutdown will make the Labor Department’s employment data for January hard to interpret.
Published date: February 1, 2019 at 01:03AM
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Government Shutdown Cost U.S. Economy $11 Billion, C.B.O. Says

By ALAN RAPPEPORT and BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
NYT Politics
Much of that money will be recouped as workers receive back pay, but the financial damage is lingering and another potential shutdown looms.
Published date: January 28, 2019 at 05:45PM
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The Real Governments of Blue America

By PAUL KRUGMAN
NYT
In some states, politicians are actually trying to do their jobs.
Published date: January 18, 2019 at 02:16AM
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Government Shutdown Shakes Stability of Jobs That Are Often the Best Around

By NATALIE KITROEFF and ROBERT GEBELOFF
NYT Economy
Federal work is an anchor in many local economies, offering security and benefits increasingly rare in the private sector and a route to the middle class.
Published date: January 17, 2019 at 02:15AM
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‘We Want to Work’: Federal Employees Brace for Hard Times

By ROBIN LINDSAY, NATALIE RENEAU and WHITNEY HURST
NYT Politics
As the government shutdown drags on, 800,000 federal workers and their families are preparing to miss a paycheck. The Times reached out to some of them to hear their stories.
Published date: January 11, 2019 at 08:39PM
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Federal Shutdown’s Uneven Toll: Some Americans Devastated, Others Oblivious

By JULIE BOSMAN, PATRICIA COHEN and JULIE TURKEWITZ
NYT
As the shutdown approached record length, it was being felt by Americans in widely varying ways. For some, it is invisible; for others, it’s inescapable.
Published date: January 11, 2019 at 07:46PM
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‘One Paycheck, Maybe Two’: Federal Workers Tell Us How Long They Can Live Without Wages

By LELA MOORE
NYT
As the partial government shutdown drags on and it grows more likely that a payday will pass them by, affected workers describe their sacrifices and preparations.
Published date: January 10, 2019 at 10:27PM
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With No Votes Scheduled, a Shutdown Will Greet the Democratic House

By NICHOLAS FANDOS and CATIE EDMONDSON
NYT Politics
The federal government will be partly shut down into the new year, Republicans announced, and the new Democratic leadership will have to get money flowing again.
Published date: December 28, 2018 at 12:24AM
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Shutdown Looms and Priorities Stack Up as Congress Races Toward Session’s End

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and EMILY COCHRANE
NYT Politics
The largest impasse in a must-pass spending package is funding for President Trump’s wall, but lawmakers are looking at rolling in an array of other legislation.
Published date: December 10, 2018 at 04:07AM
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The Closing of Rural Hospitals

By Unknown Author
NYT Letters
The hospitals’ trade group addresses a disturbing trend.
Published date: November 11, 2018 at 08:00PM
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