Mass. lawmakers, businesses step up for furloughed federal workers
Providing everything from zero-interest loans to free meals, food
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WHILE WASHINGTON and the Trump administration continue their disastrous handling of the federal government’s partial shutdown, legislators, municipalities, and businesses across the Commonwealth are searching for short-term solutions to the financial plight of the impacted workers. As we enter day 35, many of the 47,000 federal employees living in Massachusetts are feeling the strain. Gov.(...)