18K state workers mailed layoff warning

Thousands of layoff warnings are on their way to mailboxes around the state, notifying state employees not to come to work if lawmakers don’t pass a budget by July 1.
There’s still a lot of uncertainty about what a shutdown would mean for the services Alaskans depend on. The state is still trying to draft contingency plans to figure out which programs could continue running. On Thursday, state employees were left wondering what happens to their work — if the state reaches