A few states, however, are experimenting with new ideas.

A few states are also experimenting with requirements that most small employers provide health benefits for employees.

Tennessee and other states have experimented with merit pay for superior teachers.

In the meantime, the state will have experimented with an approach mandated by law and that, economic analysis says, saves tax dollars.

And so states are experimenting with alternatives for those who do not need constant monitoring.

To tackle this problem, some states are experimenting with new methods of training workers whom they call "disenfranchised."

Across the country, states are experimenting with new rules for punitive damages.

Some states are experimenting, trying to restrain costs without diluting the quality of service.

More than 30 states are already experimenting with such plans.

After 1934, the state experimented with different forms of aid for the film industry.