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A right pursued by one US state and another (8)

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I believe the answer is:

arkansas

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'a right' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'one us state and another' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'a' (a thing is one thing).
'us state' becomes 'kansas' (I've seen this before).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'another' becomes 'r' (I've seen this in other clues).
'kansas' after 'r' is 'rkansas'.
'a'+'rkansas'='ARKANSAS'

'pursued by' is the link.

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(Other definitions for arkansas that I've seen before include "used to be a Land of Opportunity" , "State of S. central US" , "South-eastern US state" , "25th US state" , "American state, capital Little Rock" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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