The federal government remains shut down, in what is now the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Around the Kansas City region, nonprofits, food banks and private businesses are stepping up to help feed families.

The federal government remains shut down, in what is now the longest shutdown in U.S. history .

Many federal workers have missed paychecks , including air traffic controllers, who are working unpaid. One air traffic controller is warning over the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday season we could see "the worst day of travel in the history of flight" if the shutdown doesn't end soon .

Meanwhile, the fate of federal food and nutrition benefits like Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, previously known as food stamps, has been uncertain since they expired on Satu

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