BISMARCK — North Dakota officials on Wednesday, Oct. 8, rolled out a loan program aimed at helping federal employees in the state impacted by the government shutdown.

The Furloughed Federal Employee Relief Program will run through the state-owned Bank of North Dakota under the authority of the Industrial Commission consisting of the governor, agriculture commissioner and attorney general.

The federal government is entering its second week of a shutdown.

Congress was unable to come to an agreement on a continuing resolution that would provide temporary funding to keep the government open by Oct. 1. A continuing resolution temporarily funds the government until a full appropriations bill can be passed.

More than 9,000 North Dakotans work for the federal government across a variety of age

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