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The longest government shutdown in U.S. history may be officially over, but getting everything back up and running won't happen all at once
President Trump signed a bill reopening the government Wednesday night, but it will take more than a day for some things to return to business as usual. We're tracking those here.
The fallout of the 43-day-long government shutdown will linger for some time in Connecticut, even after all federal workers returned to work on Thursday.
Open enrollment is well underway, and people who get their insurance through the Affordable Care Act have seen how much their costs will rise without the tax credits.
As the government reopens, various timelines are in place for when affected areas such as SNAP and air travel return to normal.
President Donald Trump has signed a government funding bill, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks.
The longest government shutdown in US history has ended, but it could take days — and in some cases a week or more — before normal operations resume.Payroll systems must be updated to pay out weeks of back wages.
Federal employees are returning to work. Museums are reopening. Food assistance will resume. Flight delays could ease — though not immediately.
No one should be termed a winner in this disgraceful episode,” Sabato said.” If the shutdown were a play, the theater would have been empty before intermission.”