BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – We’re now on day 13 of the government shutdown, with no end in sight.

News 40 spoke with a political science professor to break down how the shutdown is impacting day-to-day life for Americans.

According to political experts, when the government shuts down, typically, people don’t get fired from their federal jobs. However, they are often furloughed, meaning you don’t come to work, and you don’t receive compensation, or you go to work, and you get paid.

Whether you’re an essential worker or not, there’s a lot to lose for federal employees.

Dustin Pugel, policy director at the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy, says, “Other parts of this shutdown, though, impact services that the federal government combines, there’s a lot of folks who are going to lose income. The

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