COA: State budget may impact food banks

The deadline for a second 30-day special session for Washington budget negotiators is fast approaching, with a partial government shut down looming if a deal is unable to be reached by midnight June 30.

Washington state has never had a government shutdown, though 26,000 state employees were reportedly notified Tuesday of the potential for a temporary lay off effective July 1 if negotiators fail to reach an agreement in time for the state’s two-year operating budget.

In Colfax, Council on Aging and Human Services Executive Director Paige Collins is hoping for the budget to be passed in time. If...