KYNECT

Now is the time to begin enrollment here in the Commonwealth for the Affordable Care Act," said Lt. Governor Jerry Abramson during a campus press conference. "October first is the date where we started it all to transform healthcare to provide comprehensive, affordable, and on top of all that, quality healthcare for over 650,000 Kentuckians who otherwise have no health insurance to provide for themselves and their families."

Sgt. First Class Amanda Phillips with the North Dakota National Guard said she and her husband, Chief Warrant Officer Ched Phillips, believe they’ll be OK financially unless the shutdown stretches through the end of the year.

Ched Phillips was among the nearly 500 full-time Guard staff furloughed Tuesday when the federal government entered its first partial shutdown in 17 years. Amanda Phillips is still on duty.BT