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A fired immigration judge says she was dismissed from her job because of her gender, her status as a dual citizen of Lebanon and the fact that she once ran for municipal office in Ohio as a Democrat.

There’s uncertainty about how long before life will be back to normal for the 1.4 million Ohioans who lost food assistance benefits during the shutdown.

There’s a chance that state employees could also be sidelined or have no paychecks in Ohio if the shutdown continues.

Central Ohio nonprofit groups are scrambling to prepare, in case federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, runs out this weekend.

The federal government shutdown could shut out some of the 27,000 young children in a well-known preschool program in Ohio.

Fewer employees, reduced Superfund site cleanup and truncated regulation enforcement are some of the ways the U.S. EPA is keeping afloat during the lapse in federal funds.

Groups that work with low-income Ohioans receiving SNAP and WIC benefits are struggling to find ways to help them prepare.

Farm Safety Net programs typically help farmers access loans, commodity or program payments and disaster assistance — services that have been halted as agencies during the government shutdown.

Workers used their breaks Friday at the Social Security Administration office on Georgesville Road to protest the government shutdown. Despite coming to work, the employees are expected to miss their next pay check.

The Trump administration says it has started the process of issuing "substantial" reduction-in-force notices to federal employees. Court filings suggest around 4,200 affected so far.