"The Star-Spangled Banner" officially became the national anthem of the United States in 1931 when President Herbert Hoover signed it into law, but many states already had an established state song ...

Forty-eight of the 50 states in the U.S. have an official state song. (New Jersey is the only state without one, and Maryland retired theirs in 2021.) They are all unique and express distinct ...

Maryland state Delegate Susan McComas, a Harford County Republican and member of the state’s rural caucus since 2003, has received a new accusation in recent weeks: “being ‘woke.’ ” The reason: she ...

A state senator representing Berks County has announced a bill that could designate a new state song for Pennsylvania. Sen. Judy Schwank has issued a proposal for legislation that would designate “My ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When Colorado lawmakers made “Rocky Mountain High” the second official state song in 2007, they couldn’t help but highlight the original, “Where the ...