AUSTIN (KXAN) — The government shutdown has now stretched into a second week.
KXAN’s Grace Reader spoke with Austin Mayor Kirk Watson to find out how city leaders are impacted by the shutdown and what they’re doing to handle the situation.
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Read an edited transcript of the conversation below or use the video player above to listen.
GRACE READER: This is a day-by-day changing scenario, but we are also tracking what’s happening at the federal level and with the federal shutdown…