While the impact at Austin Straubel Airport in Green Bay was not the same as what was seen at larger airports in Chicago, Atlanta and New York City, local government leaders and businesses ensured that Transportation Security Administration officials felt appreciated.
The more than 40-day partial government shutdown could conclude as soon as this weekend after the U.S. Senate approved a new Department of Homeland Security funding deal that would pay members of the TSA, U.S. Coast Guard, FEMA and other employees under its purview.
Democrats and Republicans have pointed fingers at each other for causing thousands of employees to go without pay and for forcing long lines at the nation’s airports…