Youngkin touts Virginia job market to help fired federal workers

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Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) launched the commonwealth‘s “Virginia Has Jobs” initiative on Monday as scores of federal workers have lost or face losing their positions due to cuts in the federal workforce.

Roughly 145,000, or 6.3% of all federal workers, reside in Virginia, as the Department of Government Efficiency aims to shrink the federal workforce. Already, more than 10,000 federal employees have lost their jobs.

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