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Newark Museum, Planetarium Free For Fed Workers During Shutdown
The Newark Museum is offering free admission, including planetarium tickets, for unpaid workers during the government shutdown.
NEWARK, NJ — Federal employees working without pay during the ongoing government shutdown can feed their minds at the Newark Museum.
On Wednesday, the museum announced that it will offer free admission – including planetarium tickets – to all federal employees affected by the shutdown, as well as their guests. The deal will be in effect until the government reopens, staff said.
According to the museum, the offer is being made “in support of our community members who are on furlough during the government shutdown.” (Learn more about the museum here)
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In New Jersey, about 5,000 federal government workers are going without pay as a result of the shutdown, a group of U.S. lawmakers said last week. Since then, reports of local outreach to the affected workers and their families have emerged across the state.
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The shutdown was born from a bitter Democrat/Republican budget battle that escalated over the holiday season. President Trump is sticking with his demand for money to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, and Democratic lawmakers are refusing to give him what he wants.
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The shutdown isn't just affecting government workers and their families, many of whom had to pinch pennies over the holiday season due to the lack of a paycheck. It's also throwing a monkey wrench into IRS refunds, SNAP and WIC benefits, school/daycare food programs and immigration courts.
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