Stories from Monday, October 7, 2013

"Our city will function as usual", said Trumann Mayor Sheila Walters when asked what the government shutdown means for local citizens. At 12:01 a.m. October 1, 2013 the United States Congress failed to pass legislation to prevent a shutdown. The long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law forced about 800,000 federal workers off the job and suspended most non-essential federal programs and services...