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Louisiana OMV technical issues trigger emergency declaration

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Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency in Louisiana, citing the need to immediately address system outages at the state Office of Motor Vehicles that have caused crippling delays in processing drivers’ licenses, vehicle titles and registration services. An executive order Landry issued Thursday notes that for the past several weeks, OMV’s computer system has been experiencing frequent outages due to its 50-year-old mainframe applicat…

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Louisiana governor declared state of emergency over motor vehicle system outages

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