And he would support a state takeover of the courts.

Democrats had agreed to support the plan, she said, to prevent a state takeover.

She called the state takeover wonderful "because I have experience with the teachers."

One almost certain loser in a state takeover would be the county police department.

Schools would have to show within four years that all teachers had met those qualifications, or be subject to a state takeover.

Problems exist, but a state takeover will not solve them, he said.

Thus all approaches had numbers at the time of the state takeover in 1949.

But, he added, a state takeover is "not the kind of issue that ought to be decided in heat."

Where do the candidates stand on a state takeover of local Medicaid costs?

The ultimate goal would be a total state takeover of the local costs, which are about $6 billion.