The urban states with the biggest drug problems are so strapped that they are lucky simply to hold the line on treatment spending.

In the urban states, more than 90% of the students were present in their schools during a visit.

In reality, of course, rural states are heavily subsidized by urban states.

Broadly supported by rural as well as urban states, the bill also gives big metropolitan areas more power over the money.

The coastline is more urban than the western parts of the region, which are typically rural, even in urban states like Massachusetts.

In New York as in other urban states, crime victims are an unfortunate growth industry.

The problem afflicts the Federal prison system and nearly all big urban states.

In general, the study found that residents of rural states were less likely to sue than drivers in urban states.

These three urban states accounted for more than a quarter of the country's abortions in 1985.

And while many of Vermont's programs would not work in larger and more urban states, other aspects could serve as models.