Government Shutdown

With a last-minute continuing resolution passed over the weekend, the feared wildland firefighter pay cliff has been kicked down the road to November. But with substantial pay cuts still looming, firefighter advocacy groups are going to push for a full, permanent fix, like the Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act, which enjoys substantial bipartisan support.

Gates will be locked and thousands of rangers will be furloughed from national park sites if Congress doesn't reach a budget agreement. But Arizona and Utah officials say they'll make sure visitors can still enjoy the Grand Canyon and Zion Valley if a cutoff comes Sunday. This year, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis directed the state's Department of Natural Resources to develop a plan to operate and protect resources at Rocky Mountain National Park and three others.

A congressional watchdog agency has decided that the Interior Department broke the law by using entrance fees to keep national parks open during the...

Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue announced Thursday at a hearing session with the Senate Agriculture Committee that a long anticipated program for…

During the partial shutdown, the National Park Service said it was using visitor entrance fees for basic operational costs. That's now changed following...

Democrats want to cap the number of beds ICE may use to detain people arrested for overstaying their visas or committing minor crimes. President Trump says the idea is "crazy."

U.S. House Democrats are holding a hearing Wednesday to look at how the Interior Department paid to keep national parks open during the partial...

During the partial government shutdown, national parks remained open but did not collect entrance fees—an important source of revenue, especially for...

A report says the shutdown reduced federal spending by $18 billion, although most of that will be recouped now that the government has reopened.

While the reopening of the government is welcome news for many federal workers, some express trepidation that they'll face the same predicament after Feb. 15.