81.   The solution, he said, is to send fixed amounts of money to states as block grants, and let the states decide how to spend it.

82.   The Senate version, offered by Jon Corzine, D-N.J., would let states decide the hands-free issue.

83.   The reason is that in time the states themselves may decide to let legal immigrants fall through the net.

84.   The state decided to hire an outside team to manage the fund, known as TexPool, two weeks ago.

85.   The state must then decide whether to retry Barber or drop the charges.

86.   The remaining states have either balked or said they would defer a final decision until more states decide.

87.   The state decided to ask the entire appeals court to reconsider their decision but that motion was denied last week.

88.   The state Chamber decided against taking a stand.

89.   The state decided to do its own review of the rates because of the problems at Millstone.

90.   The state decided to go ahead and move against the facility without federal officers.