HOUSTON – For Lori Newman, travel disruptions caused by the ongoing government shutdown are more than just an inconvenience, it could mean the difference between life and death.

Newman, who moved to Tomball in 2018 and whose husband still lives there until he retires, moved to Tennessee earlier this year to spend her final days surrounded by family. But her fight with metastatic terminal breast cancer, a late-stage form of the disease that has spread to her spine, means she must return to Houston regularly for treatment and scans at MD Anderson Cancer Center.

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“MD Anderson is one of the best in the world,” Newman said. “People come from all over the country, not just the states here. I’m

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