STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA Selma: Historically black Concordia College Alabama, will close after the spring semester.

ALASKA Anchorage: The state legislature has approved a measure to legalize industrial hemp production.

ARIZONA Phoenix: The state has seen at least 523 pneumonia and flu deaths this season, an increase of more than 200 over last year.

ARKANSAS Fayetteville: The Walker-Stone House will have temporary school of art tenants as crews repair the historic downtown building.

CALIFORNIA San Diego: The city will consider in April a plan to end fines for overdue library materials.

COLORADO Vail: A former Leadville police chief was sentenced to 15 years of probation for stealing department weapons and pawning them.

CONNECTICUT Fairfield: The death of developer Alfred Lenoci Jr., who was struck by a Metro-North train last week, has been ruled a suicide.

DELAWARE Dover: David Weiss was sworn in as the state’s U.S. attorney.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Police have banned special event route parking, citing vehicle attacks elsewhere.

FLORIDA Winter Haven: Authorities closed Legoland Florida for about an hour last week after a concerning note was found in a bathroom.

GEORGIA Atlanta: The state Senate passed a bill to let adoption agencies receiving taxpayer funding refuse to work with same-sex couples.

HAWAII Honolulu: A 67-year-old albatross, the world’s oldest known wild breeding bird, is a mom again.

IDAHO Boise: After years of resistance by GOP leaders, state schools are using new science standards.

ILLINOIS Hinsdale: Educators in Chicago suburbs report more students caught vaping on campus.

INDIANA Bloomington: A bicycle-sharing service will start with 150 bikes around Bloomington and Indiana University’s campus in spring.

IOWA Des Moines: Officials say flowers and decorations left on graves in several city cemeteries must be picked up by Wednesday.

KANSAS Topeka: The state Sentencing Commission is considering ways to reduce the number of people listed on criminal registries.

KENTUCKY Inez: A $3.4 million project will fix Martin County water systems on the brink of collapse.

LOUISIANA Lafayette: The city’s red light traffic cameras are gone for good, but they may be replaced with cameras in some school zones.

MAINE Portland: North East Mobile Health will pay $1.4 million to settle charges of making medically unnecessary transports by ambulance.

MARYLAND Denton: A man pleaded guilty to a criminal attempting suicide charge. Prosecutors want him in mental health treatment, not jail.

MASSACHUSETTS Cambridge: A panel of Harvard scholars will meet Monday on the Me Too movement.

MICHIGAN Petoskey: Weak ice has caused cancellation of the popular viewing of an underwater crucifix.

MINNESOTA Winona: Developers hope to bring housing and childhood education to a vacant block.

MISSISSIPPI Columbus: The school district superintendent was fired amid questions about misspending.

MISSOURI St. Louis: The Gateway Arch will now be officially known as The Gateway Arch National Park.

MONTANA Missoula: The University of Montana says spring enrollment is down 5.4% from last year.

NEBRASKA Lincoln: An ordinance taking effect in April bans corrugated cardboard from the city’s landfill.

NEVADA Las Vegas: A cold front surprised area residents and tourists with some snow flurries Friday.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Manchester: Alfred Montoya, interim director of the local VA Medical Center since July, was named its director.

NEW JERSEY Jersey City: The city has begun issuing tickets to drivers accused of honking excessively in support of teachers union protests.

NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: The state threatens to cut funding to schools that switch to a four-day week.

NEW YORK Albany: Two special elections April 24 could give Democrats state Senate control.

NORTH CAROLINA Charlotte: A worker at Salvation Army headquarters for the Carolinas is accused of embezzling nearly $230,000.

NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: State GOP Chairman Kelly Armstrong is running for the U.S. House.

OHIO Hamilton: The city plans to offer $5,000 in student loan repayments to recent science and tech graduates if they will move here.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: A bill would adopt daylight saving time year-round in Oklahoma.

OREGON Salem: Prescription drugmakers could be forced to divulge product development costs under a proposal in the state legislature.

PENNSYLVANIA State College: Penn State University will start equipping on-campus officers with the opioid overdose antidote naloxone.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: Gov. Gina Raimondo wants to increase the ranks of college-educated Rhode Islanders from 47% to 70% by 2025.

SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: The state public health agency’s chief spokesman was removed from its staff list after a profanity-laced Twitter message about President Trump.

SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: A 56-year-old mayoral candidate has written a song in which he promises to protect the city against zombies.

TENNESSEE Knoxville: University of Tennessee student boxer Joseph Tanner Wray collapsed during a charity boxing tournament and died.

TEXAS Houston: Many Harris County judges directed magistrates to deny no-cash bail for more than a decade, The Houston Chronicle reports.

UTAH Springdale: Zion National Park is closing off 13 popular rock-climbing cliffs to shield peregrine falcon nests.

VERMONT Montpelier: Lawmakers are working on how to get people to give up guns and explosives if they’re deemed at risk of violence or suicide.

VIRGINIA Chesterfield: The Chesterfield County prosecutor’s office will stop handling misdemeanor crimes and traffic infractions in lower court.

WASHINGTON Olympia: A state House committee has passed a bill to abolish the death penalty.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: A state teachers’ strike over pay and health benefits is continuing this week.

WISCONSIN Beaver Dam: Agriculture students at Beaver Dam High School are learning to care for six piglets that were born in their class.

WYOMING Cheyenne: A 14-year-old boy who fled on a scooter is suspected of robbing a store with a knife. Compiled from staff, wire reports.