1.   William Weld, a Republican, formed the state commission, and the next year signed a gay rights law.

2.   A state commission would examine border issues, Cossack interests and the election of local bodies.

3.   And the state sentencing commission had no firm count.

4.   And the state commission that judges such complaints issued new rules sanctioning lawyers who bring unreasonable claims.

5.   As a practical matter, Wright said, many lawyers believe that federal courts are less likely to be deferential to state regulatory commissions than state courts are.

6.   Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, has vowed to wrest control of the restructuring of the energy industry from the state commission.

7.   A bid by Bally Gaming Inc. to sell slot machines in Louisiana was rejected by the state gambling commission.

8.   A state commission overseeing the secession struggle issued a report on Friday that clears away most legal obstacles to deciding on secession on the November ballot.

9.   A state investigating commission said as much a year later.

10.   A stack of letters shows the state commission has been warning the federal commission for at least two years about the need to safeguard the Falcon Lake area.