STATE-BY-STATE

News from across the USA

ALABAMA Dauphin Island: The annual bird migration here has begun.

ALASKA Kenai: Several wild sheep and goats tested positive for a pathogen that causes respiratory disease.

ARIZONA Phoenix: 1A business owner was sentenced to 7 ⁄2 years in prison after being found guilty of defrauding 40 families in a real estate scheme.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: An Arkansas State Hospital patient and a psychologist accused of taking him from the facility are in custody in Nevada.

CALIFORNIA Los Angeles: Herbalist Timothy Morrow is accused of treating a 13-year-old diabetic who died with herbal oils instead of insulin.

COLORADO Denver: A federal judge struck down a provision in the state constitution that made it tougher to get proposed amendments on ballots.

CONNECTICUT Old Lyme: Immigration officials say they know about a Pakistani couple seeking sanctuary at First Congregational Church.

DELAWARE Wilmington: Authorities say an 11-month-old boy died in a fire that left his 3-week-old brother and grandmother badly burned.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The Smithsonian’s National Zoo has welcomed a male Asian elephant, Spike.

FLORIDA Tallahassee: Gov. Rick Scott has signed legislation requiring backup power sources in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

GEORGIA Savannah: The winter calving season for endangered right whales is ending without a single newborn being spotted.

HAWAII Honolulu: A Whitefish, Mont., man died after rescuing his daughter, 15, who was washed into the ocean by a wave off Maui.

IDAHO Boise: The number of Idahoans who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid has dropped between 20% and 35% since 2014, officials say.

ILLINOIS Evanston: Northwestern University officials are working with

the American Bird Conservancy to keep birds from crashing into glass walls and windows on campus.

INDIANA Anderson: A fire station has closed temporarily because of an infestation of bedbugs and ants.

IOWA Des Moines: A review panel says Ron Corbett, Gov. Kim Reynolds’ sole Republican opponent, failed to qualify for the primary ballot because of paperwork.

KANSAS Topeka: Atmos Energy bills will fall $18.56 a year under settlements approved by energy regulators. Black Hills Energy users will get an average $11.57 back.

KENTUCKY Lexington: Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton will lead a delegation on an aerospace trade and business trip to Canada next month.

LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: A state panel declined to eliminate genderspecific terms from marriage laws.

MAINE Brunswick: A new 20,000square-foot building will replace Bath Iron Works’ “blast and paint” building at the Hardings plant.

MARYLAND Annapolis: An inmate serving a 10-day sentence for driving on a suspended license fatally overdosed on heroin at the Anne Arundel County Correctional Center.

MASSACHUSETTS Tewksbury: A man being held without bail on weapons charges says he was on a classified government mission when he and a woman were arrested.

MICHIGAN Almena Township: Authorities are looking for the person responsible for shooting a man in the neck with an arrow.

MINNESOTA St. Paul: Four state senators want to prevent driverless vehicles from being tested in Minnesota until they’re proved safe.

MISSISSIPPI Jackson: Officials say some patients’ private information was inadvertently released to a contractor doing work for the CDC.

MISSOURI Jefferson City: Eleven Republicans, six Democrats and

three other candidates have filed to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill for re-election.

MONTANA Missoula: Grizzly bears are waking up and leaving their western Montana dens, officials say.

NEBRASKA Papillion: Klint Bitter, 34, a former Omaha youth pastor, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, attempted sexual assault, in a case involving a 15-year-old girl.

NEVADA Reno: The University of Nevada-Reno is seeking minimum bids of $20 million for 104 acres of farmland it is selling.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: Lakes Region General Hospital will pay $40,000 for hiring a chief nursing officer who lacked a state license.

NEW JERSEY Lakewood: A synagogue’s Holocaust memorial was vandalized last weekend.

NEW MEXICO Carlsbad: Three tourists visiting Carlsbad Caverns National Park were trapped in an elevator 740 feet underground for three hours after the elevator broke down.

NEW YORK Albany: A GOP lawmaker has fired an aide who shared Facebook posts comparing a Florida school shooting survivor to Nazis.

NORTH CAROLINA Charlotte: Central Piedmont Community College will graduate its first group of Tesla technicians next week.

NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: Enthusiasts are working to raise $100 million for a Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Dickinson.

OHIO Columbus: A $1.27 million settlement has been proposed with the family of a man, 18, killed in an accident last year at the state fair.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Martha Burger will become the first female president of 114-year-old Oklahoma City University on July 1.

OREGON Bend: A man accused of shooting a trumpeter swan, a protected species, near Sunriver last Thanksgiving has been arrested.

PENNSYLVANIA Erie: Erie Insurance will give employees a $1,000 bonus and a $1,000 401(k) contribution.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: In-state tuition will increase $346 at the University of Rhode Island next fall. Outof state students will pay $820 more.

SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston: A 19-year-old felon whose Facebook video showed him packing marijuana and handling an assault rifle was sentenced to four years in prison.

SOUTH DAKOTA Vermillion: The National Music Museum at the University of South Dakota plans a $9.5 million expansion.

TENNESSEE Nashville: A lawsuit says a Hardeman County Correctional Center inmate was beaten and died in November due to inadequate staffing, supervision and medical care.

TEXAS Houston: The flood control district may build tunnels to drain floodwaters from bayous across Houston and Harris County.

UTAH Salt Lake City: Gov. Gary Herbert approved a plan to expand Medicaid coverage to at least 60,000 more of the state’s poor.

VERMONT Montgomery: Veteran Republican state Sen. Peg Flory won’t seek re-election in November.

VIRGINIA Richmond: Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe will join George Mason University as a visiting professor.

WASHINGTON Seattle: A man pleaded guilty to charges including money laundering and wire fraud for cheating clients out of nearly $13 million.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Gov. Jim Justice has signed a bill that would limit opioid prescriptions to supplies lasting three, four or seven days.

WISCONSIN Madison: Two GOP senators say a plan to allow a Georgia mining company to destroy wetlands containing rare hardwoods is dead.

WYOMING Cheyenne: A $1.1 million winning Wyoming Lottery ticket sold March 19 remains unclaimed.