For first time in long US government shutdown, hints of progress toward reopening

A new fiscal year began on October 1 with no legislation enacted to fund these activities. Thousands of federal workers have ...

Talks to end the government shutdown intensify as federal closure nears longest ever

Signs of a potential end to the government shutdown are intensifying with behind-the-scenes talks. This comes as the federal ...

36 días del cierre de gobierno federal

WASHINGTON, Dc.- Hoy es el día 36 del cierre del gobierno federal. Este ha sido el cierre más largo en la historia de Estados ...
Government Executive

Despite layoff threat, some feds see government shutdown as an opportunity to push back on Trump’s ‘lawlessness’

With the U.S. Capitol dome as background, Helen Luryi, a former Labor Department employee who lost her job in April, approached the microphone wearing a blue shirt that read “tenacious not traumatized ...
KOMU

Missouri Capitol dome lit pink overnight for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Gov. Mike Kehoe ordered the Missouri Capitol dome to be lit pink in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month starting Wednesday morning. According to a news release, the dome began shining pink at ...
Reno Gazette-Journal

Carson City's 'silver' capitol dome actually made of tin

This article by Guy Rocha, former state archivist with the Nevada State Library and Archives, originally appeared on Feb. 25, 2009. Surely, the Silver State's Capitol "dome"— technically it's a cupola ...