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Nearly 1,500 Treasury employees were laid off nationwide. In Ogden, some at the IRS still working for pay are worried about being furloughed if they take any time off during the shutdown.

Some Utahns have filed for unemployment while looking for new roles outside of the government. Others are cutting back spending to prepare for being laid off.

The federal government is the largest employer in Weber and Davis counties. Leaders worry mass layoffs could hurt the local economy.

North America’s largest primary magnesium producer, US Magnesium, says the decision was due to a decline in the price of lithium carbonate.

After a tumultuous year for tech nationally, job growth in Utah’s Silicon Slopes slowed but remained positive.

Even in Utah’s red-hot job market, the state hasn’t been able to avoid the wave of tech layoffs.

Rio Tinto Kennecott is reducing its workforce in Utah. Company officials say the layoffs have to do with the low price of metals. Kennecott is laying off…