According to the commission study, the annual increase has been approximately 2 percent.

Like all other commission studies, it was posted on the Internet immediately after the commission's career staff finished researching and writing it.

During the last five years, according to a commission study, the state has committed nearly $66 million to cultural infrastructure projects.

For example, the commission studies how hospitals monitor whether nurses are licensed.

The commission studies the full range of AIDS policies and reports on them.

The commission studies the proposals, invites comments and then makes its recommendation to the governors, who can either accept or reject the recommendations.

Progress toward the county's goal of 10,678 new units by 2015 is slow, according to a commission study released last fall.

A crisis of this magnitude must not become the subject of a commission study, as happened two days ago.

A special commission study begun a year ago was turned over to utilities operating those eight reactors to complete.