11.   Another provision would allow the state to take custody of any child whose mother used drugs while pregnant.

12.   As passed by Congress, it calls on states to take action to protect their waters.

13.   As with registration, states take widely differing approaches.

14.   Because that money is raised and spent locally, the state has long taken the position that the property tax is a local tax.

15.   Both the governor and Janiszewski insisted that the county retained ultimate control of the jail, and officials bristled at the suggestion that the state had taken it over.

16.   Bowing to pressure from Democrats, the House of Representatives voted Thursday to require states to take more vigorous action against people who fail to pay child support.

17.   A new federal law requires that states take tougher steps against drivers repeatedly convicted of drunken driving.

18.   A question even arose as to whether the state should take me.

19.   After the state took over, they still do.

20.   But he added the states take the issue seriously.