ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) – Northern Virginia leaders are urging lawmakers to enact emergency legislation to help stabilize their local economy as the White House cuts federal jobs. OUT CUE: Correspondent Bernie Bennett reporting. VERBATIM: Local officials on Tuesday argued that the changes are sharply impacting the dense cluster of government employees and contractors based in […]
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Northern Virginia Hit by Federal Layoffs
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) – Northern Virginia leaders are urging lawmakers to enact emergency legislation to help stabilize their local economy as the White House cuts federal jobs.
OUT CUE: Correspondent Bernie Bennett reporting.
VERBATIM: Local officials on Tuesday argued that the changes are sharply impacting the dense cluster of government employees and contractors based in the suburbs of the nation’s capital.
Roughly 1,300 federal employees and contractors have filed unemployment insurance claims with the Virginia Employment Commission since the end of January. And experts are saying federal jobs account for roughly 6% of the workforce in northern Virginia and about 5% of jobs for the entire state.