The Virginia county with the most federal workers in the United States is highlighting plans to assist them during the government shutdown.

Meanwhile, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeffrey McKay warns the county’s economic struggles will have a negative ripple effect on the entire commonwealth.

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“Virginia’s budget is in deep trouble if Fairfax County’s budget is in trouble,” he said.

“The rest of the state relies on us to pay their bills, and all of a sudden, we don’t have a way to pay those bills,” McKay said. “And so, the ATM machine of Northern Virginia here could get broken.”

The numbers don’t fully portray how deeply the county is affected by the federal government shutdown, McKay said. An estimated

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