A portion of the 26,200 federal employees living and working in West Virginia are soon expected to receive furlough notices after lawmakers remained deadlocked on a federal budget extension agreement as the new fiscal year began at midnight on Tuesday, triggering a government shutdown. Politics

Government shutdown takes hold with mass layoffs looming and no end in sight

By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and STEPHEN GROVES The Associated Press

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Federal workers whose jobs are deemed to be critical to public health, safety and the protection of property will remain on the job but will work without pay until the funding issue is resolved. In past federal government shutdowns, most workers received back-pay after the shutdown was resolved.

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