A state study had shown that casinos would have brought $2.6 billion to the economy and created 38,000 jobs.

The state study was the first to provide complete figures on enrollment in courses.

The state study assumed that Alabama could do even better, with 10 or 11 extra jobs, for the 15,000 to 17,000 total.

A state study issued last week reported 16,000 to 20,000 homeless in Florida, up almost 60 percent from 1985.

A recent state study found that it cost $63 a day to maintain each prisoner.

However, a state study was unable to detect any correlation between teacher certification and student performance.

A new state study has predicted a shortage of nearly 4,000 units.

The per capita income for residents is less than $7,500 annually, according to a state study.

About 1.3 million trucks a year use the new stretch of Interstate 287, according to a state study.

"Most parents do not find it necessary to attend," the state study quoted the invitations as saying.