As the partial shutdown of the federal government stretched into its fourth day on Friday, the loss of services offers a rare point of debate about the role of government in people’s lives.
Louis Fortis, editor-in-chief at the Shepherd Express in Milwaukee and a former state legislator, said the shutdown was highlighting a need for those services.
“I think that as people realize all the different things government does for them and how … they get affected when you shut down the government, I think it makes an argument for government,” he said.
But Steve Prestegard, a fellow journalist and blogger,...
