That is because it became a state in eighteen seventy-six, exactly one hundred years after the nation declared its independence.

VOA: special.2009.08.02

Until Texas became a state, almost all national leaders seemed to accept the idea that Congress did have this power.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

Traditionally,the president does not fill federal jobs in a state until he discusses them with the senators from that state.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

Washington,D.C. is the country's capital but it is a city,not a state, so it does not have its own star.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

The trial found high school teacher John Scopes guilty of violating a state law banning the teaching of evolution.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

"They say this is a state-led effort," he says, but he thinks the goal is national control of education.

VOA: special.2011.06.16

It said the president could send troops into a state to help federal marshals enforce the rulings of federal courts.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

America's constitution says federal troops cannot be sent to a state unless the state government asks for them.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

He later became a representative in the Territorial Government and worked to have Arizona admitted as a state.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

Gist said South Carolina would call a state convention as soon as the election results were made official.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

And it would permit the bank to open offices in a state, but only if the state approved.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

That's not what we have. It's a state-driven measure. High standards,challenging work for young people across the country.

VOA: special.2011.06.09

There was some question whether Brown should be tried in a federal court or a state court.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

In the American presidential system, whoever wins the most popular votes in a state usually gets all the electoral votes of that state.

VOA: special.2010.03.04