81.   And state officials are asking why.

82.   And state officials are considering proposals to forgive college loans and offer stipends.

83.   And state officials are investigating allegations, first reported in The New York Observer, that two prisoners died after being denied proper treatment by St. Barnabas.

84.   And state officials are wooing General Motors, which plans to build an automobile plant in Brazil next year.

85.   And negotiations, usually involving manufacturers, state officials and environmentalists, have sometimes not produced consensus.

86.   And New York state officials say the Nassau bill may be illegal, arguing that the authority to regulate pesticides is reserved to the federal and state governments.

87.   And no senior state official has been charged in the massacre.

88.   And now a state judge has pushed state officials off the platform and forced them to confront the issue.

89.   And the hotel industry and some state officials are renewing efforts to expand the nearby Jacob Javits Convention Center.

90.   And unlike educational issues such as curriculum or teacher pay, school districts and state officials have little control over turnover, Garcia said.