{"id":564,"date":"2025-10-23T20:06:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T20:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/crer\/?p=564"},"modified":"2025-12-08T20:10:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T20:10:00","slug":"10-23-25-the-2nd-longest-government-shutdown-continues-to-impact-more-in-tennessee-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/crer\/2025\/10\/23\/10-23-25-the-2nd-longest-government-shutdown-continues-to-impact-more-in-tennessee-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"10\/23\/25: The 2nd Longest Government Shutdown Continues to Impact More in Tennessee Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1019\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-08-150520.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-565\" style=\"width:422px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-08-150520.png 1019w, https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-08-150520-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-08-150520-580x324.png 580w, https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-08-150520-610x341.png 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>CRER director and chief economist Howard Wall was interviewed for a story on Local3News about the continuing Federal government shutdown:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You hear about and you talk to people who run nonprofits that provide meals or rent assistance, things like that. 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