There are 4 article(s) tagged government shutdown:

• October 2025

  • Memphians cautiously optimistic SNAP will be funded, following court rulings

    Two federal judges ruled Friday that the government must continue to fund the nation’s biggest food aid program despite the shutdown, but local food banks are wary.

    By Jody Callahan October 31, 2025

• February 2019

  • Conaway: Right there in the parking lot

    Despicable behavior isn’t new, people at their worst doing what they do because they can. What’s new is the lack of national outrage, the shrugging of our national shoulders, a coast-to-coast “so what.”

    By Dan Conaway February 07, 2019

• January 2019

  • Memphis congressional delegation reflects DC partisan divide on shutdown

    The rhetoric of the city's four elected representatives in Washington reflected their parties. But one voted with the other side on the last vote before President Trump announced Friday the end of the federal government shutdown.

    By Bill Dries January 26, 2019

  • FedEx Logistics finding its footing in changing economic landscape

    Richard W. Smith, president and CEO of FedEx Logistics, discussed the company's organization and rebranding and riffed on topics ranging from Amazon to drones in a Memphis speech Tuesday.

    By Wayne Risher January 23, 2019