Reddi Subrahmanyam is a rural development official in that state.

VOA: special.2010.11.12

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

The man was John Brown. John Brown heard that five Free State men had died in the attack on Lawrence.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

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

State lawmakers in California are considering a bill that would make it illegal for people to have,sell or distribute shark fins.

VOA: special.2011.03.15

In the trial, two same-sex couples argue that the state ban violates equal protection rights under the United States Constitution.

VOA: special.2010.02.06

However,it is not that simple. Randy Frost is a psychologist at Smith College in the American state of Massachusetts.

VOA: special.2011.02.22

Today we tell you about one of the few prisons in America that offer college-level classes: San Quentin State Prison in California.

VOA: special.2011.07.07

Two states reject the idea. Critics say that working toward the same standards in every state will not guarantee excellence for all.

VOA: special.2010.03.25

It is named for a tree with big, beautiful white flowers that grows in that hot, southern state.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

At one concert in the southern state of Mississippi, Anderson saw that her singing could bring people together.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said this week that this was,in her words, "not an appropriate time to consider" the loan.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

Democrats charged that the real purpose of the law was to keep radical Republican state governments in power.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

It was part of Virginia at that time, but is now located in the state of West Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.06.25