It's hard to quarrel with his impulse to provide these and other worthy programs.

The various programs all sound worthy, if a little paternalistic.

That will take more in the way of innovation than these worthy programs provide.

Once again, however, this worthy program is under attack by anti-abortion forces.

The Assembly, along with the Senate, are going to be called upon to cut all sorts of worthy programs.

But a few worthy programs remain on the agenda.

There are many worthy programs competing now for limited federal dollars.

The governor said yesterday that the state's improving economic picture had resulted in new spending opportunities for worthy programs.

"The budget agreement of last year requires that we make choices among worthy programs," he said.

The center, set up five years ago, is a worthy program that provides computer laboratories to students and Census data to local businesses.