Most Virginia agencies have yet to be impacted by the federal government shutdown, and federal programs such as Medicaid and Social Security have been unaffected.

But beginning Wednesday, the state is expected to furlough at least a dozen employees across several agencies as federal funding sources used to pay them has dried up.

That’s according to Secretary of Finance Stephen Cummings, who provided an update on Tuesday to the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee at Tidewater Community College in Portsmouth.

In Virginia, 71 agencies use at least some federal funding sources to pay their employees. Federal funds account for approximately $11.5 million in weekly state agency payroll expenses, plus another $11.6 million in federal funds that goes toward payroll at colleges and unive

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