The North Carolina Division of Employment Security said Monday that it stands ready to help government workers who are affected by the shutdown. State employees who are furloughed or lose their jobs to the shutdown are eligible to apply for unemployment benefits. However, federal employees that do take the benefits may have to repay benefits if they receive backpay from their agency.
Kenny is a Maryland native who began his career in media as a sportswriter at Tuskegee University, covering SIAC sports working for the athletic department and as a sports correspondent for the Tuskegee Campus Digest. Following his time at Tuskegee, he was accepted to the NASCAR Diversity Internship Program as a Marketing Intern for The NASCAR Foundation in Daytona Beach, Florida in 2017.