NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — The federal government is officially shut down, and thousands of Tennesseans are already feeling the impact.
More than 32,000 federal employees across the state are affected, many of them required to continue working without pay until the shutdown ends. At the same time, SNAP, WIC, and USDA recipients could face hardship if funding runs out after October.
Among those hit hardest are TSA officers. Devin Rayford, a frontline TSA agent in Memphis and president of the TSA union Local 555, said morale is already slipping as workers report to airports without pay…