SALEM, Ore. (AP) — If you have business with Oregon state government, it might have to wait until Monday.
Dozens of state agencies will be closed on Friday as thousands of state workers take an unpaid day off. Friday is the ninth of 10 state-worker furlough days created to help balance the current two-year budget.
The closure does not affect courts, universities, prisons or police. Officials say it will save the state about $2 million.
The next furlough day is May 20. Gov. John Kitzhaber has asked workers to take more unpaid days off or an equivalent pay cut to help balance the budget in the next two-year cycle, which begins July 1.
