federal government shutdown

The Federal Aviation Administration is lifting restrictions imposed during the country's longest government shutdown. Airlines can resume their regular flight schedules beginning Monday at 6 a.m. EST.

In the vote to end the government shutdown, all of Michigan's Democratic representatives voted against the spending bill, and all Republican representatives voted for it.

President Trump signed a bill to fund the government through the end of January, ending the shutdown that has dragged on for six weeks.

Democrats across the state — and around the country — are asking why eight Senators who caucus with Democrats sided with Republicans to reopen the government. Former Michigan Democratic Congressman Dan Kildee breaks down the surprising vote. Plus, Trump preemptively pardons Michigan’s “fake electors” and more legal filings in the case against the state’s new marijuana tax.

A vote in the House expected on Wednesday could end what is now the longest shutdown on record. Democrats are decrying the plan, saying it fails to address expiring health care subsidies.

As the dispute over food stamp funding drags on, Detroit mom Symone Wilkes has come a long way to stabilize life for herself and her two boys. She’s one of nearly a million and a half Michigan families dealing with the uncertain future of SNAP funding.

As the Senate moves forward a deal to end the government shutdown, it's time to assess the winners, the losers and what the political fallout might look like into the future.

After a week of whiplash in which federal food aid benefits were closed off, then opened, then closed again, Michigan now says SNAP recipients "should receive full benefit payments on their normally scheduled date."

The Senate voted late Sunday evening on a compromise that could reopen the government following the longest shutdown in history.

Airline flights from Detroit will operate at reduced capacity as the government shutdown continues. The Federal Aviation Administration announced that forty airports, including the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, will see a 10% flight reduction by November 14.