It is named the Buckeye State after a tree that produces nuts similar to chestnuts.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

Voters in Washington State approved a system like this in two thousand four.

VOA: special.2010.06.12

"Having an effective state and a modern economy, which requires toiling more than a year."

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

"They want a state instead of Israel, not a state alongside Israel."

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

We will use the best evidence available to determine whether a state can meet a few key benchmarks for reform.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

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

Fighting between the two sides almost began when a Free State man was killed by a pro-slavery man.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

She says the new standards clearly state what a student should be able to do to be successful in college and work.

VOA: special.2010.03.25