The shutdown delayed the updating and testing of some of the IRS' systems. The original start date of tax season was Jan. 21. now it'll start no earlier than Jan. 28 and no later than Feb. 4.

25 workers needed for winter maintenance.

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said no one is more frustrated than President Obama, who is expected to address the glitches in a speech on Monday. The White House also said that 476,000 Americans had started health insurance applications during the first three weeks of the program.

The federal shutdown that ended Thursday left markets, economists and Federal Reserve policymakers with a gap in economic data. It may take a while for government economists to pull together their long-delayed reports on unemployment and other key statistics.

Weapons inspectors are still in Syria assessing the country's stockpile and how to destroy it. It's unclear where the weapons would go if they were sent abroad, but there are signs that such a move is under consideration.

Indianapolis Firefighters will receive a 3 percent raise next year, but it will come six months later than initially expected.

After two weeks of not working, furloughed employees are expected to be back at the job on Thursday. But it might not be that simple.

The state is set to lose $63 million in tobacco payments next year after an arbitration panel determined it had not worked hard enough to collect funds from cigarette companies that weren't part of the original deal. The ruling - issued last month by a three-judge panel - will reduce Indiana's payment from $131 million to $68 million.

Indiana lawmakers are considering whether to shift the state's funding for roads and highways from a system based on gas purchases to one based on miles traveled.

Next year, all absentee ballots in Marion County will be counted at a central location, not at individual precincts.