From The Washington Business Journal: Greater Washington benefits from about $2.5 billion each week in federal spending on wages, contracts and grants — and stands to lose hundreds of millions a week under a prolonged government shutdown. About $899 million a week comes in the form of direct payroll for civilian and military employees, according…
From The Washington Post: The sky was gray on Monday as the government shutdown left hundreds of thousands of federal employees in the Washington region in an anxious, uncompensated limbo — again. But even as they were leaving their offices after packing up, Senate leaders announced that they may have reached a deal to reopen by the…
By Jonathan Aberman From The Washington Post: Many in the greater Washington business community woke up this morning to a very uncertain work week. A federal government shutdown, whether it lasts days or weeks, raises serious challenges to our region’s economic prospects. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) in a public statement on Friday said the federal…
From The Washington Business Journal: Reaction started to pour in Saturday morning as Greater Washington woke up to its first government shutdown since 2013. Destination D.C., the city’s marketing and tourism arm, said it is returning to its “DC is Open” campaign to remind the public there is still plenty to do in Washington. The…
From The Washington Post: On Monday morning, Steve Polkinghorn will start his difficult daily journey to work about 5 a.m. Polkinghorn, a manager with the U.S. Agency for International Development who has multiple sclerosis, will wheel his walker out of his home in Burke, Va., and board a MetroAccess van bound for Crystal City. Polkinghorn will…
