41.   Each state could do virtually whatever it wants with the grant.

42.   Eight other states did likewise.

43.   Each state must do its part to protect and improve air quality.

44.   Every state does newborn screening, making this one of the largest prevention programs in the country.

45.   Environmental groups and Indian tribes are standing by, ready to sue to protect salmon where the state does not.

46.   First, she said there was little the state could do.

47.   For another, supporters expect that it would keep intact what states have already done on the issue.

48.   For example, cities could exempt municipal sales taxes at the same time the state does.

49.   Forty-one states have done so.

50.   For several months, Rowland had pushed for the state to do that by taking a step that no other state has considered.