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Airlines have canceled 1,400 commercial flights on Friday so far as part of FAA-mandated cuts due to the government shutdown-fueled air traffic controller shortage. CBS News' Karen Hua and Caitlin Huey-Burns have the latest.
Several airlines are impacted by the Federal Aviation Administration's flight cuts. Nick Ewen, senior editorial director of The Points Guy, joins CBS News to discuss tips for flyers amid cancellations and delays.
The FAA ordered airlines to cut thousands of flights as the agency deals with air traffic controller shortages during the government shutdown. The cuts began Friday morning.
Parents are scrambling to find childcare for their children during the federal government shutdown due to childcare services not receiving federal funding. Diane Rogers, the executive director of Action Pact, said they had to close 15 early childhood education facilities due to not receiving federal funds that were supposed to be paid on Nov. 1. Action Pact is a Head Start provider in rural, southeast Georgia. They asked for a […]
Georgia's Blame Carousel: State Leaders Trade Jabs as Federal Shutdown Drags On The blame game continues amid the federal government shutdown, and Georgia political leaders from both parties are pointing fingers at each other. Republican leaders in the Georgia General Assembly sent a letter to Democratic U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock accusing them of “hurting Georgians” by not voting yes on a plan to reopen the government. “We […]
A hospital in rural Georgia closed one of its units Monday, and Democratic U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff referred to the news as a real-world consequence of cuts to Medicaid. “This is what happens when you gut the Medicaid program,” Ossoff told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “It defunds hospitals and nursing homes, and now, when pregnant women in northeast Georgia go into labor, they may have to drive an hour or an […]
The last day for early voting in the special general election for Georgia Public Service Commission is on Halloween, Friday, October 31. Election Day will be Tuesday, November 4. Voters can look up their polling precinct, find absentee ballot dropbox locations, and view a sample ballot at mvp.sos.ga.gov. This is the first time in nearly five years that Georgia voters can choose the representatives for the Public Service Commission (PSC). […]
Senate Republicans are planning a different approach to try and end the government shutdown on Friday. Follow live updates here.
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