A group of federal workers rallied in Northern Kentucky Thursday to call for an end to the government shutdown, which they say is hurting public services and the employees who provide them.

Employees at the Internal Revenue Service, Customs and Border Protection, Environmental Protection Agency and other government offices held signs and chanted outside the IRS building in Covington.

Diane Gallina is a steward for the National Treasury Employees Union Chapter 73, representing IRS workers in Covington and Florence.

She estimates up to half of local IRS employees are furloughed. That's causing longer phone wait times for callers and adding to a backlog that's been around since COVID.

“With what's going on, that's going to make everything start piling up again, which means we will not be

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