101.   Pro-Aristide legislators are now a clear majority in the Senate, but are still in the minority in the lower house.

102.   Rep. Kim Brimer, R-Arlington, said legislators are unlikely to approve statewide help for a regional sports event.

103.   Rural legislators have been more likely to support the bills.

104.   Rhode Island voters, meanwhile, appear to be as fiscally conservative as Finneran even if their legislators are not.

105.   Several Republican legislators were present at the ceremony.

106.   Silver said the rank-and-file legislators are responsible for the current system because they elect the leaders and set the rules.

107.   Some legislators are concerned that the problem is deeper than that.

108.   Some legislators are likely to agree.

109.   Some legislators are understandably reluctant to tangle with another office holder with a fan club.

110.   Some state legislators are worried too.