21.   Interior was moving toward issuing such a license to the tribe when the state sued last month.

22.   It is the first time a state has successfully sued a polluter in another state.

23.   Massachusetts legislators, like those in Florida, passed a measure making it legal for the state to sue the tobacco companies to recover Medicaid costs.

24.   More than a dozen states are also suing in an effort to recover billions of dollars in Medicaid money spent treating smokers.

25.   Nearly two dozen states are suing to recoup medical costs needed to treat smoking-related illnesses.

26.   Nine states have sued the tobacco industry seeking billions of dollars in compensation of state Medicaid spending to treat tobacco-related illnesses.

27.   Rather than face Kruer, the state sued the lab.

28.   Several states have sued the federal government over immigration policies and insufficient federal funds to handle the load.

29.   Seven states have sued to reverse the decision, and one of them, California, is seeking to impose its own, stricter standards.

30.   Seven states have sued to recoup the public health care costs of treating smokers.