71.   Proponents say that even though the states would get less money, they would save millions of dollars in record-keeping that could be spent on subsidies instead.

72.   Right now, the most divisive question for Republicans is determining how much federal welfare aid each state should get.

73.   Sen. Craig Thomas questions Fish and Wildlife Director Molly Beattie on when the state may get some of its endangered species off the list.

74.   Several states got into trouble by relying on rosy economic forecasts of the sort the Bush administration used while campaigning for its massive tax cut.

75.   Saturday, the state gets its first real look at the new Mitt.

76.   She also doubts the state will get a waiver on the federally mandated health and welfare programs.

77.   Some analysts said the state could have got a better price had it waited.

78.   Some of the biggest names in business weighed in with a report about lost sales tax revenues that suggested the states have gotten themselves in a lather about nothing.

79.   Some states have gotten on the bandwagon.

80.   States get their turn based on the order they entered the union.