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How FedEx is preparing for flight cuts at Memphis, airports across country due to shutdown

Corey Davis Nov 6, 2025 Memphis-based FedEx is keeping a close eye on how its operations could be impacted by flight cuts at airports across the country due to the ongoing government shutdown. Memphis International Airport is on a reported list of 40 major U.S. airports that face a 10% reduction in flights. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced…
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Following up two years after ‘The Zone’ cleanup in Phoenix

By: Lillian Donahue Posted 11:28 PM, Nov 04, 2025 PHOENIX — This week marks two years since the City of Phoenix completed the cleanup of “The Zone,” multiple city blocks that were filled with encampments in downtown surrounding homeless services. ABC15 has monitored the city’s progress since 2023, when a judge ordered the city to clear up…
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Amid rise in homelessness in Phoenix, resources drop as COVID-19 era funding ends

by Keily Henriquez October 31, 2025 PHOENIX – Brandy Baker watched the familiar tableau as other homeless people like herself lined up outside the Phoenix Key Campus downtown. A group huddled around a speaker as rap music blared. People walking down the sidewalk stepped over others using the cracked pavement as a bed. Baker has…
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As open enrollment begins in WA, future of health insurance tax credits remains murky

By: Jake Goldstein-Street October 31, 2025 1:11 pm Starting Saturday, Washingtonians who need to buy health insurance through the state’s online marketplace can enroll in or change their plans. The beginning of open enrollment comes as the federal government shutdown continues amid disagreements in Congress about the future of federal subsidies for these health insurance…
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Washington state Democrats look at imposing income tax on higher earners

Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard October 31, 2025 / 11:59 am Democratic state senators are eyeing an income tax on millionaires as they seek to overcome Washington’s persisting budget shortfall. Individuals and households would pay a 9.9% tax on adjusted gross income above $1 million, and get credit for state capital gains tax payments, according to those…
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With end to SNAP looming, a Western Mass. farmers market braces for more hunger

October 30, 2025 Karen Brown, New England Public Media SNAP benefits — once known as food stamps — are set to end Saturday. President Trump announced he would stop the federal program during the government shutdown, which no president has done before.  At one farmers market in Northampton, growers and consumers were trying to prepare for the…
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SNAP freeze looming: Mass. pushes extra money to food banks, encourages charity

Sera Congi   Ted Wayman Updated: 5:07 PM EDT Oct 30, 2025 Millions of dollars will be distributed to food banks across the state as more than 1 million Massachusetts residents are facing the loss of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, Gov. Maura Healey announced Thursday. SNAP cuts are currently on track to kick in Saturday…
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Memphis Safe Task Force can stop patients from going to the hospital, memo states

The memo, released in early October, details how EMS personnel should deal with federal agents who stop medical transportation for suspects. Author: Courtney Anderson Published: 1:34 PM CDT October 30, 2025 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A memo from the Memphis Fire Department states that the Memphis Safe Task Force can stop a patient in its custody from…
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By the numbers: Who will be affected in Mass. if food aid program SNAP goes unfunded

October 29, 2025 Martha Bebinger The country’s largest food assistance program is set to lapse on Nov. 1 if the federal government shutdown continues. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, helps 42 million low income and disabled people across the U.S. buy groceries. The program has become a political football in the dispute between…
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Head Start agencies in Mass. expect cuts to programs due to federal shutdown

October 29, 2025 Amanda Beland Hundreds of Massachusetts children could lose access to Head Start early childhood education programs if the government shutdown continues into November. Six of the state’s 28 Head Start agencies are scheduled to receive federal funding on Nov. 1. But if the shutdown lingers, the money won’t be disbursed. Advocates and…
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