Fifty percent of them said they considered the state a better place to live than other states.

Some were items the state could clearly live without; others - including tax breaks for low income housing - deserved to stay.

"So I think it's very positive that the governor is trying to make the state live within its means again."

After that, the state will live with whatever money is generated by a gaming tax.

The state that a resident of the United States lives in.

The state is living beyond its means, and no amount of compromise can change that grim fiscal reality.

About two-thirds of the 7.5 million uninsured children live in the dozen states that were studied.

This is important because - unlike the federal government - nearly all states live under balanced-budget requirements.

Some state Medicaid directors acknowledge the trend but say they can live with it.

It is pointless - even the state cannot live beyond its means indefinitely.