But two men who are not on the state payroll did much of the hard work that clinched the deal.

But those involved could not be pursued because they had already moved off the state payroll.

There are now 180,000 workers on the state payroll.

The Government promised to cut the state payroll to 50,000, from 95,000, by the end of 1987.

She has admitted adding two "no show" jobs to her state payroll.

And making up the $608 million entirely through job cuts would mean laying off some 17,000 of the 65,000 people on the state payroll.

The suspects could not be pursued because they had already moved off the state payroll.

But that would mean 15 more people on the state payroll, receiving benefits and a living wage.

Nine of them were already on the state payroll and simply came over to our agency, including three police officers from Corrections.

Law enforcement officials said they were looking into possible abuses of the state payroll.