It’s not just federal employees affected by the shutdown of the U.S. government, which is 33 days old and approaching the record of 35 days set in the first Trump administration in 2018. There’s a chance that state employees could also be sidelined or have no paychecks if the shutdown continues.

As many as 9,000 state employees across six agencies could face furloughs if federal funding is halted because of the shutdown, according to the Department of Administrative Services. DAS said in a statement those agencies are the Adjutant General, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities, the Ohio Department of Health, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and the Ohio Department of Public Safety.

"While nearly 9,000 state employees received

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