Need your government shutdown fix? These states can help you out.

Published June 30, 2017 4:02pm ET



In late April, Congress and President Trump reached a deal to avoid a government shutdown at the federal level. But if you’re one of those people who pines for October 2013 and the excitement of a nasty political budget fight, Ballotpedia has a nice write-up about six states that are facing partial shutdowns or or an abrupt curtailment of non-essential services.

Four of the states — Maine, New Jersey, Illinois, and Washington State (where Republicans have functional control of the state Senate in spite of a one-seat Democratic majority) — are in some sort of divided government situation. The other two — Connecticut and Delaware — are under complete Democratic control. None of the states facing potential shutdowns are fully Republican-run.

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