government holiday

The federal MLK birthday holiday was first observed nationally in 1986 but was not made a state government holiday in all states until 2000.

The first day of snow each year, they would declare a government holiday.

For the past three years, while I have been in office, I did not have to declare a government holiday.

Equity markets were closed in observance of Good Friday in the Americas, Europe and elsewhere but it is not a U.S. government holiday and the Labor Department released the closely watch non-farm payrolls report.

It was not immediately clear how much damage the rains caused in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, which had declared a government holiday in some areas and urged people to stay at home ahead of the cyclone.