111.   The legislature has refused to pass several bills that would widen access by allowing city and county governments to participate.

112.   The laws generally cover workers at businesses that have contracted with a city or county government.

113.   The most significant trend in county government has been to pay top salaries to attract officials to run troubled county agencies.

114.   The paper stuffs the AFL-CIO convention and leads with the resignation of the head of a Virginia county government.

115.   The state Legislature was closed as were L.A. city and county government offices in downtown.

116.   The Texas Senate refused Monday to give city and county governments the right to require gun shows to make background checks of their gun buyers.

117.   The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that city and county government officials have absolute immunity from suits for damages for their legislative actions.

118.   There have been signs, however, that lawmakers now are doubting the wisdom of preserving county governments.

119.   The warrants, according to the same official, also sought documents relating to major campaign contributors to Treffinger who also did business with county government.

120.   Thiele added that the western towns of Islip, Babylon, Brookhaven, Smithtown and Huntington dominate county government at the expense of the East End.