21.   Lofaro said several states will be keeping an eye on the Sugar Land program.

22.   Many far smaller states keep a bigger emergency reserve than New York does.

23.   Most states still keep wrist-slapping censures confidential, issuing them as private letters to the lawyer.

24.   Mrs. Marolda questioned whether the state would keep the promises it did make if it came down to negotiating a deal.

25.   One problem is that while the feds try to simplify the laws, the state keeps making them more complex.

26.   Overall, local officials said the state keeps too many decisions in its hands for too long, driving up costs without giving sufficient weight to local concerns.

27.   Opponents say the proposal allows the state to keep money that would otherwise go to taxpayers.

28.   Privacy advocates, however, want states to keep existing laws, and to pass new ones if they provide better protections.

29.   Q. If I win the Texas Lotto and die before receiving all my winnings, does the state keep the rest of the money?

30.   She was among those who argued that the state keep open its public schools and resist the spreading move to privatize schools as a means of resisting integration.