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Sources and Methods, the new National Security podcast from NPR.

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Good afternoon. From the KUOW Newsroom, this is Seattle Now. I'm Paige Browning with a roundup of today's top stories. It's Thursday, October 2nd.

We'll enter day three of the government shutdown tomorrow, Friday.

Thousands of federal workers in Washington and Oregon are at home on furlough.

They may be eligible for state unemployment benefits.

Oregon Public Broadcasting's Eric Newman filed this report today.

There are approximately 80,000 federal workers in Washington

State and another 30,000 in Oregon, and they're not getting paid. But there could be temporary

relief for people who are staying home and still need to pay their bills, says Cammy Feek,

Commissioner of the Washington State Employment Security Department.

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