A few years ago the state expanded medical benefits to cover more people but fewer ailments.

The bill authorizes $150 million to help states expand child care services.

He also stressed his business background and the need to have the state expand its industry base through foreign trade.

But the state did not just expand it a little.

The rules come at a time when many states are expanding Medicaid to cover more of the working poor and the uninsured.

Seeing the positive early results, the state expanded the program in 2004.

He said that in recent years the state has expanded services to people without worrying about the consequences to the budget.

According to Fortune magazine, for the first time in a decade, all 50 states will expand their private economies next year.

But she would not say whether the state would expand such programs or simply maintain them at current levels.