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GOP candidate for governor opposes data center tax break, would resume executions in Ohio

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States that call themselves commonwealths: Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia

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50States, from Delaware in 1787 to Hawaii in 1959
1787Delaware ratifies the Constitution and becomes the first state
1959Alaska and Hawaii join the Union, the last two states to do so
3,100+Counties and county equivalents across the country
4States that call themselves commonwealths: Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia
1Smallest state: Rhode Island. Biggest: Alaska, by a mile, or several million
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