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Statewide Computer Outage Disrupts Nebraska Government Operations

A systemwide outage of Nebraska goverment computers shut down everything from the work of the Legislature to driver’s licensing offices for several hours Thursday. The state Office of the Chief Information Officer confirmed that the outage affected all state connections …

Minnesota Insurance Licensing Activity Frozen as Government Shuts Down

The Minnesota Department of Insurance said the shutdown of the state’s government, which became effective July 1, will cause disruption to the regulatory agency’s licensing activities. The shutdown that began on July 1 — Minnesota’s second in six years — …

How Workers’ Compensation Politics Shut Maine Government 20 Years Ago

The hallways of Maine’s State House were jammed with irate, screaming protesters, and scores of state workers pitched a tent “union city” in a park across the street. The already cool relations between the political parties had sunk to a …