31.  Florida and many other states began developing preventive plans soon after the virus spread beyond New York.

32.  Florida, like many other states, has wrongly granted prosecutors too much discretion in making that call.

33.  Florida, like many other states, is encouraging laid-off workers to file for unemployment compensation over the phone, or online.

34.  Four states have no authority to regulate advisers, and many other states provide only limited monitoring.

35.  Georgia, once intent on creating a strong teacher-development system, now lags behind many other states.

36.  He wants to ban video poker, the electronic game of chance that has recently spread like a fever in South Carolina and many other states.

37.  His mother found that his problem stemmed from the grading system used by some teachers in Oklahoma and many other states.

38.  Home sellers in California and many other states are required to disclose to potential buyers anything that could significantly affect the value or desirability of a property.

39.  Hospital commitment laws in Missouri and many other states were written before multidrug-resistant TB became a concern, experts say.

40.  If this is done early in the year, none of the money would be taxed by New York or many other states.