1998 Chevy Camaro Guages, Starter

I was driving to work and all my guages quit working. The car still ran fine, but upon departing from work the car wouldn't turn over. I was able to push start the car and it ran just fine, but still no guages. At some point someone rigged a push start button under the steering column so I can use that to start it. Are the problems with the guages and turning over related, or two seperate problems that both failed at once?