41.   Federal law specifically permits state overtime and minimum wage rules that are more generous than the nationwide minimum standards, the state said.

42.   He added that the state says the same thing about TAAS.

43.   He resigned his corporate post two years ago after New Jersey state gaming officials said his problems with the SEC could disqualify him from involvement with a gambling license.

44.   He was deaf and knew only a dialect of sign language taught to black people at the time, the state said.

45.   Health providers should be required to accept Medicaid reimbursements as payment in full for Medicaid-eligible patients, the state said.

46.   How can they be self-sufficient, the states say, when all the membership money collected goes directly to Dallas?

47.   However, the state says it does not need the money for new buildings and never asked for the funds the Legislature is trying to give away.

48.   If successful, the state said it hopes to persuade other HMOs to agree to a similar deal.

49.   If a parochial school wants to promote a specific religion, the state cannot say no.

50.   In defending its unique guidelines, the state said the higher standards were necessary to protect the health of consumers, particularly senior citizens and children.