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Reno-Tahoe Airport Accepting Donations For Furloughed Federal Workers

The Reno-Tahoe Industrial Airport has started accepting donations to help employees who are working unpaid during the ongoing partial government shutdown.

An estimated 3,400 government workers in Nevada have stopped getting a paycheck since the start of what has now become a 33-day shutdown.

Congress is at a standstill with President Donald Trump’s wall along the southern border.

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On Tuesday, the airport announced it would take donated gift cards and cash to help furloughed workers buy basic necessities like food, diapers and medicine.