It looks like Rhode Island will beat California to become the first state government to shutdown for a period of time:

RI GOV TO SHUT DOWN STATE GOVERNMENT FOR 12 DAYS
Aug 24, 2009
By Ray Henry

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island will shut down its state government for 12 days and hopes to trim millions of dollars in funding for local governments under a plan Gov. Don Carcieri outlined Monday to balance a budget hammered by surging unemployment and plummeting tax revenue.

The shutdown will force 81 percent of the roughly 13,550-member state work force, excluding its college system, to stay home a dozen days without pay before the start of the new fiscal year in July.
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090825/D9A9IKMG1.html

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