NC ranks 12th among states most affected by government shutdown

In a study ranking states experiencing the harshest economic effects of the government shutdown, North Carolina came in 12th. The Ascent, a part of financial services company The Motley Fool, ranked the states based on two factors: the loss of salary from federal government workers and the loss of income substitution provided through SNAP programs.  “There’s clearly going to be an effect and we can see some things like federal parks which are closed … they’re probably not that important.…

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