STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA Birmingham: The City Council will allow pedal bus passengers to drink wine and beer. ALASKA Juneau: The state labor department expects continued job losses in Alaska this year.

ARIZONA Phoenix: The state Supreme Court says police who put a GPS device on a tractor-trailer without a warrant violated the rights of a man convicted of hauling marijuana. ARKANSAS Cash: The town of Cash isn’t a speed trap, Craighead County’s chief deputy prosecutor says. CALIFORNIA Sacramento: The state’s top insurance regulator says companies increasingly won’t insure homes in areas prone to wildfires. COLORADO Colorado Springs: Police say a man scammed people on Craigslist by answering roommate postings and stealing their belongings, The Colorado Springs Gazette reports. CONNECTICUT Hartford: The state plans to award licenses for three new medical marijuana dispensaries. DELAWARE Dover: The state has activated a network of cold-weather shelters for the homeless. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: A woman and her 10-year-old son who say they were pepper-sprayed during presidential inauguration protests have joined a lawsuit against D.C. police. FLORIDA Haines City: Authorities say an 11-year-old girl wearing headphones and looking at her phone was struck and killed by an Amtrak train. GEORGIA Atlanta: Prosecutors say a man who operated a brothel and two other men who managed it were sentenced to prison terms up to 3 years. HAWAII Honolulu: Authorities say a solo sailor in a homemade boat was rescued off Hawaii, far off course. IDAHO Boise: A suspect was arrested in the disappearance of about 200 vases from cemetery headstones. ILLINOIS Peoria: The Human Service Center here is distributing free opioid

overdose kits to the public, The (Peoria) Journal Star reports.

INDIANA Paoli: A 130-year-old iron bridge that partially collapsed when a semitrailer of bottled water tried to cross it has reopened. IOWA Coralville: Goodwill of the Heartland plans to open a vegetable oil packaging plant that will employ 40 workers with disabilities, The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports. KANSAS Baldwin City: The pastor of New Life Assembly of God says Douglas County sheriff’s deputies were unnecessarily aggressive when they searched his church, The Lawrence Journal-World reports. KENTUCKY Frankfort: State utility regulators fined Jackson Purchase Energy $20,000 for safety violations after the death of a lineman. LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: State health officials report widespread flu, though it’s early in the season. MAINE Augusta: Adjutant General Douglas Farnham of the Maine National Guard was promoted from brigadier general to major general. MARYLAND Baltimore: Lab tests found that 29 pounds of substances seized from a corner store aren’t illicit drugs, The Baltimore Sun says. MASSACHUSETTS Weymouth: Police say a 2-year-old girl was hospitalized after ingesting a synthetic opioid pill, Patriot Ledger reports. MICHIGAN Traverse City: A dog that gained Internet fame for chasing critters off Cherry Capital Airport runways has died of cancer. MINNESOTA Spicer: Crews are making ice blocks to build a 70-foot-tall palace for the St. Paul Winter Carnival, Minnesota Public Radio reports. MISSISSIPPI Jackson: The shelves at Mississippi Blood Services are empty, The Clarion Ledger reports. MISSOURI Jefferson City: A state lawmaker who called for hanging the vandal of a Confederate monument will go before an ethics panel.

MONTANA Billings: By two votes, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe has re-elected tribal president Jace Killsback, who was ousted in October, The Billings Gazette reports. NEBRASKA Giltner: Authorities say a load of potatoes that spilled on I-80 forced closing eastbound lanes. NEVADA Reno: A man wearing a ski mask bashed in the front windows and door to an LGBT community resource center, KTVN-TV reports. NEW HAMPSHIRE Manchester: Police say slick road conditions may have caused a car to crash into the Hanover Hill nursing home, WMURTV reports. No one was injured. NEW JERSEY Passaic: Police say a woman who they initially believed was stabbed actually was drunk and fell down stairs, The Record reports. NEW MEXICO Ruidoso: Forest officials are considering a proposal by the Ski Apache resort to remove trees killed by a 2012 wildfire. NEW YORK New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art has set a $25 entrance fee for most out-ofstate visitors starting March 1. NORTH CAROLINA Charlotte: Several local road projects, including I-77 toll lanes, are to wrap up this year, The Charlotte Observer says. NORTH DAKOTA Minot: Police arrested a suspect in a break-in and fire at the Gourmet Chef restaurant. OHIO Columbus: Authorities say an automatic email mistakenly told 11,000 nurses their licenses were faulty, The Columbus Dispatch says. OKLAHOMA Tulsa: The route for a $4.5 billion wind farm project with two substations is being finalized.

OREGON Hillsboro: Authorities say a pickup slammed into an elk herd trying to cross a road, killing 11 elk. PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia: The rector of a retirement home for Catholic priests was convicted of embezzling a half-million dollars.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: Officials say three hospitals diverted ambulances from their emergency rooms last week amid a flood of patients, The Providence Journal reports. SOUTH CAROLINA Greenwood: A company that sells wood pellets to power plants is forming a joint venture to buy the Navigator plant here. SOUTH DAKOTA Pierre: The November ballot will include an initiative to ban out-of-state fund-raising for citizen initiatives. TENNESSEE Nashville: A state review board meets Wednesday to review 8 proposed historic register nominees.

TEXAS Houston: Police say a man whose body was found burning in a wooded area was one of three suspects in a $1.4 million armored truck robbery a day earlier, KTRK-TV says. UTAH Ogden: The mother of a woman who died after falling from her cell bunk has sued the Davis County jail, The Standard-Examiner reports. VERMONT Rutland: Police say a man trying to rob China City restaurant left with nothing when a worker didn’t understand his note demanding cash, The Rutland Herald reports.

VIRGINIA Orange: Experts at former president James Madison’s Virginia estate are searching for the burial grounds of slaves who worked there, The Washington Post reports. WASHINGTON Yakima: A geologist says a Rattlesnake Ridge landslide probably won’t reach I-82, The Yakima Herald-Republic reports. WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: State officials report a slight drop in business registration growth last year. WISCONSIN Madison: Gov. Walker says juveniles will no longer be housed at a youth prison that’s the subject of multiple abuse lawsuits.

WYOMING Cheyenne: A group exploring how Wyoming can diversify its economy recommends investment in education and workforce training. Compiled from staff, wire reports.