I'll take a stab at answering these.
As a recruiter, we often have it happen that a hiring manager at a client company changes the scope of the job AFTER interviewing the first candidate or two we present OR they didn't have funding for the role in the first place, are going to put the project on hold, etc. It's very frustrating on the recruiting side and I fully appreciate how frustrating it is on the candidate side too.
As for multiple roles crammed into 1 position - one reason for this is the hiring company/manager wants to get away with paying out less money and hopes someone will be willing to take on the numerous tasks listed instead of having to hire multiple people. I'd be wary of companies and managers that are trying to do this as job duties and responsibilities only tend to grow.
The requirement to reside in a particular state for a remote job can happen for a couple of reasons. One is that the company is only set up to employee people in a given state and opening up to other states means having to file employment taxes in the states where those employees reside, creating more work for the accounting department, payroll, etc. Another reason I've seen is that, even if the job is "fully remote", they still want employees to be close enough to come in for quarterly meetings, etc.
None of these practices are good or right, in my opinion - just stating what I've experienced as a recruiter working with client companies.
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