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Government shutdown

UT Martin community navigates decrease in SNAP benefits amid government shutdown

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history could end Wednesday following a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives. For…

How the U.S. Government shutdown could affect UT Martin students

On Oct. 1, 2025, the United States government entered a shutdown. Since the country’s founding, Congress has been tasked with…

Columns Opinion

Home of the free, land of the border wall

Last week president Trump signed a bill which reopened the government temporarily without any funding for the border wall, the…

Campus & Local News U.S. & World

Paid forward: Shutdown does not affect spring financial aid

Financial aid for the spring 2019 semester at UTM will not be halted or delayed because of the partial federal…