Due to federal workforce reductions, Renner said, those recent graduates may be competing for an entry-level or seasonal job against someone with a master’s degree or over 10 years of experience in the field. Other peers have left the fisheries field altogether.

Walker said that the biggest savings are to be made in eliminating duplication, waste, fraud, and payments to dead people and foreigners in major entitlement programs. He also thinks President Trump can accomplish that goal.

The Republican-controlled House on Wednesday night approved legislation in a 222 to 209 vote to reopen the government after 43 days, the longest shutdown in American history. Six Democrats joined nearly all Republicans in favor of the measure, while two Republicans joined a vast majority of Democrats in opposing it.

Here's a timeline of how the longest shutdown in U.S. history played out in Wisconsin, including the back-and-forth over SNAP benefits.

The states affected are Arizona, California, New Mexico and Oregon, which contain just over a quarter of Native Americans. Advocates hope that expanded traditional healing could help more people seek and remain in treatment.

WASHINGTON -- Jessica Sweet spent the federal government shutdown cutting back. To make ends meet, the Social Security claims specialist drank only one coffee a day, skipped meals, cut down on groceries and deferred paying some household bills. She racked up spending on her credit card buying gas to get to work.

The confrontation appeared to foil a possible ICE raid nearby, underscoring the numerous challenges the federal government faces in trying to stage raids in a dense city like New York.

The head of steelmaker ArcelorMittal Dofasco, which employs 4,500 people in Hamilton, says he supports new federal measures to boost Canadian steel.