51. How much they will get per year depends on how many states take part in arbitration in the future. 52. Hunting has been banned on the plantation since the state took it over. 53. I have also since found that the state takes calls on nursing home complaints seven days a week. 54. Hospital officials had feared that they would have had to begin laying off workers and closing wards if the state had not taken steps toward resuming payments. 55. If the board decides that the state should take over the disability payments, Hilton said, checks would be issued within days of the ruling. 56. If no deal is struck between the two power producers, however, the state could take the land by eminent domain and reimburse CTG for its value. 57. If that plan falls through, the state could take the CTG site by eminent domain and reimburse the company for its value. 58. If the state took the step of decertifying a school, it would have the power to close it and transfer the students to other schools. 59. In a little-publicized program that expires at the end of this month, New York state is taking a carrot-and-stick approach to tax amnesty. 60. In June, the New York state Legislature took the first step, approving a constitutional amendment allowing casinos. |