From unpaid workers trying to make ends meet, to essential services that have been suspended, the sting of Trump\u2019s Shutdown is being felt across the West. As the longest shutdown in history enters its 25th day, workers and local economies are suffering. See below:<\/p>\n
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ALASKA: \u2018It\u2019s ridiculous\u2019: Furloughed Juneau residents frustrated at federal shutdown<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cFor many people such as McCabe, a few weeks without pay is extremely inconvenient. For Mary Goode, the shutdown\u2019s effect extends from coast to coast. […] Her son, who lives in South Carolina, was in construction until badly injured his hand on the job and wasn\u2019t able to return. He decided to get his degree, but is struggling to make ends meet. Goode said she\u2019s sending him money for rent, food and gas. Without her paycheck, she won\u2019t have anything to send him. He\u2019s told her that he\u2019ll figure something out, but that hasn\u2019t stopped her from worrying.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ARIZONA: Behind the Garbage, Shutdown Takes Invisible Toll on Arizona\u2019s Environment<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cEven before the shutdown, the maintenance backlog for the Grand Canyon\u2019s roads and buildings stood at $330 million. Overall, infrastructure at Arizona’s national parks need $531 million worth of work. \u2018In order to preserve the economic value of the visitor economy, they\u2019re trying to keep the parks open with bare minimum staffing,\u2019 said Elgie Holstein, the senior director for strategic planning for the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund. \u2018But they\u2019re not doing any of the work that gets done day-to-day to maintain the parks and keep them clean and safe and sanitary.\u2019”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n CALIFORNIA: California\u2019s economy could suffer if the government shutdown drags into February<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cCooper, the furloughed EPA employee, said she applied for unemployment insurance but it still won\u2019t be sufficient to make ends meet. \u2018Even if I don\u2019t pay any of my other bills and don\u2019t do anything else but try to pay for the rent, my unemployment for the month of January still won\u2019t cover my rent,\u2019 Cooper said. She even postponed doctor\u2019s appointments and canceled a trip and cut back on eating out to help save enough money to pay the electricity bill.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n COLORADO: Federal shutdown accounts for 20 percent of unemployment claims in Colorado<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cFederal employees in Colorado are filing for unemployment benefits by the hundreds \u2014 accounting for about 20 percent of unemployment claims filed statewide since the partial U.S. government shutdown began. As of Monday morning, the state had received 1,834 unemployment claims related to the shutdown, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n HAWAII: Government shutdown delays Southwest\u2019s plans to start Hawaii service<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cSouthwest Airlines’ plans to service Hawaii are now on hold thanks to the ongoing government shutdown. Southwest had been working with the Federal Aviation Administration to obtain what\u2019s called ETOPS \u2014 or extended-range twin-engine operational performance standards \u2014 certification for extended over-water flights. But the problem: The FAA workers who oversee those activities are on furlough due to the government shutdown.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n IDAHO: Shutdown threatens Idaho’s hatchery-based steelhead season<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cAn Idaho nonprofit says the federal government shutdown is threatening the state’s ability to keep hatchery-based steelhead season open, and thus affecting local families and businesses that depend on the fish for their livelihoods. […] Idaho’s permit for hatchery-based catching is required to be secured no later than March 15, and as of now Idaho’s permit, according to the letter, is \u2018sitting on a desk of an empty office.\u2019”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n MONTANA: Federal shutdown ripples into January workload<\/a><\/p>\n \u201c\u2018These people are very mission-driven. They want to get back to work. There\u2019s so much work to do and they\u2019re not being allowed to do it.\u2019 Weber said about half a dozen of his colleagues are excepted from the federal furlough, meaning their jobs must go on although they aren\u2019t getting paid. The rest of the national forest\u2019s roughly 160 full-time-equivalent staff are ordered to stay home, not check email, or do any of their regular duties. So that means someone has sent emails to hundreds of wildland firefighters asking if they are available for work this summer, but no one is on hand to start training and certification classes.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n NEVADA: Prolonged shutdown could threaten food stamps for nearly half a million Nevadans<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe next federal program to feel the shutdown squeeze may be the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, which provides assistance to roughly 14 percent of the state\u2019s population. Although funding for the program has been extended into February, any cessation of funding for the safety-net program could have an oversized effect on Nevada, which had the highest percentage growth in food stamp enrollment nationally between 2013 and 2016 and a 259 percent increase in cases between 2007 to March 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n NEW MEXICO: As federal shutdown continues, funding deadlines for domestic violence efforts near<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cOrganizations that provide shelter, advocacy and support for survivors of intimate partner violence, stalking and sexual assault will start losing money later this week because of both the government shutdown and because Congress let the Violence Against Women Act lapse over a month ago. […] New Mexico operations will continue normally until Jan. 18, said MaryEllen Garcia, the grants bureau chief at the CVRC. After that date, if the shutdown continues, federal offices will no longer be open to disperse federal funds.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n OREGON: Oregon unemployment claims spiked as shutdown began<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cUnemployment claims by federal workers in Oregon increased fourfold after the government shutdown began last month, according to data from the Oregon Employment Department. Between Dec. 21 — the last day before the shutdown started — and Jan. 10, some 1,900 Oregon workers filed unemployment claims. That compares with 450 in the same period a year earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n UTAH: Utah officials starting plan for prolonged federal government shutdown<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cUtah remains in \u2018decent\u2019 shape as the partial government shutdown enters its fourth week but won’t be able to keep federal programs going long term, a state budget official said Monday. \u2018We are not in position to keep all programs open indefinitely. We can keep some programs open, some services going. We would have to prioritize and determine how long. We are not in a position to just backfill all of the federal programs in the state,\u2019 Kristen Cox, executive director of the Governor\u2019s Office of Management and Budget, told reporters.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n