Continued staffing shortages in air traffic control facilities around the country were again causing delays at airports on Friday as the government shutdown neared the one-month mark.
For months, Illinois transit leaders warned of a doomsday scenario that would hobble the regions mass transit systems. That scenario seems to be in the rearview mirror.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is a major piece of the U.S. social safety net used by nearly 42 million, or about 1 in 8 Americans, to help buy groceries.
The shrinking options are leading to lapses in care and delays in time-sensitive treatments. Its basically an abandonment of these kids, one mother said.
