So we don't drive around the state trying to take them down.

The state is trying to take over the school system.

The state first tried to buy land for a park here in the 1920s.

She is right, and many states try to do so.

"Why is the state trying to tell me how to run a campaign?"

At least two other states have tried to bar such behavior.

The best the state can try for, they said, is to keep things from getting worse.

"So states will probably just take the hit and try to hold down spending."

Some modern African states have tried to do away with them but found they cannot.

It is not clear whether the state will try to change those rules.