IWPR Statement on Government Shutdown

IWPR Statement on Government Shutdown

The following is a statement from Dr. Jamila K. Taylor, president and CEO of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, on the October 1, 2025, US government shutdown. “As the nation experiences another government shutdown, we stand with women, who are the backbone of American families, and with the thousands of federal workers who the

WKU funding threatened by government shutdown

A government shutdown went into effect at 12:01 a.m. ET, Wednesday, potentially impacting multiple aspects of WKU’s research program, said Provost Bud Fischer in an email to all faculty and staff. Government shutdowns happen when either the House, the Senate or both fail to come to an agreement on a spending bill for the upcoming government fiscal year. The last government shutdown was initiated in 2018. Since WKU is a public university, Fischer…

TXST officials say government shutdown may cause disruptions, but not to classes

According to Texas State officials, the shutdown of the federal government is not likely to have impacts on classes, but may disrupt research and international travel.  The federal government shutdown began at midnight Eastern Time on Oct. 1, when the U.S. Congress failed to pass a funding bill. During the shutdown, funding to most federal programs will lapse, causing employees to be fired, furloughed, meaning they would be temporarily laid off,…