If the state does not improve the situation, it will lose Federal highway money.

Toward the morning the state of the patient had improved.

"The states are beginning to do a lot better, and have improved greatly in the past two years," he added.

The law provides funding to help states meet these new standards, replace voting systems and improve election administration.

That state hadn't improved much in thirteen years, and not at all since the War.

When that state of knowledge may improve is unclear.

The desperate state of affairs has improved somewhat in the last two years.

My conclusion is that the state of the unemployed won't improve unless claims fall a lot further than they have.

Another is to help states improve their accountability systems.

The overall state of the city's bridges has improved, though there is still a long way to go, transportation officials said.