As federal shutdown looms, state agencies told to start preparing

As federal shutdown looms, state agencies told to start preparing

OLYMPIA – As a stalemate in “the other Washington” signals a potential shutdown of the federal government, some Washington state agencies have been directed to identify programs that could be affected if federal funds stop flowing to the state.If Congress can’t pass a continuing resolution or spending bills by midnight on Saturday, the federal government would begin a partial shutdown Sunday, Oct. 1, the first day of the federal fiscal year.It’s…