11.   Both states have offered AK Steel tax incentives, improvements and other inducements.

12.   Both states also offer some financial and educational assistance to teens who age out of foster care.

13.   Both states offer alternative programs.

14.   Both states offered incentive packages in competition to host the cold-rolled coated steel plant.

15.   -- The state does not offer guidelines to evaluate driving histories and many local districts have no written policies.

16.   A few states offer one party or the other the prospect for multiple House gains, but none seems quite as rich with wholesale possibilities for Democrats as Washington.

17.   After all, even if shortage states could offer higher salaries with pension portability, few teachers would ignore family ties or spousal employment to relocate.

18.   All employers and residents in Massachusetts would also have the option of purchasing their coverage through any of the six health-care plans the state currently offers.

19.   All the states offer candidates who qualify a set amount of public money to cover their campaigns.

20.   Both states have offered tax incentives, infrastructure improvements and other inducements to AK Steel in their attempt to win the project, officials said.