STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA Montgomery: State Rep. Ritchie Whorton’s proposal to require headlights from sunrise to sunset won this year’s “Shroud Award” for the deadest bill of the session.

ALASKA Craig: Police say a Wadleigh Island man was arrested on charges of firing shots at a passing fishing boat, at least one of which hit it. Troopers say alcohol was a factor.

ARIZONA Phoenix: State lawmakers are considering a proposal to put a 45-day expiration date on Grade A eggs. The current window is 24 days, but other states allow 30 to 45 days.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: Two contracts to expand Arkansas State University football stadium will be revised to reflect that the nonprofit Red Wolves Foundation is paying for the work, not the athletics department.

CALIFORNIA San Francisco: Gov. Jerry Brown has pardoned five exconvicts facing deportation, including two who fled the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia four decades ago. Pardons, however, don’t prevent deportations.

COLORADO ColoradoSprings: Officials say no charges are expected against a woman who dropped a cigarette in a mulch pot outside her townhome, igniting a fire that displaced 68 people, The Gazette says.

CONNECTICUT Farmington: The University of Connecticut recovered $50,000 paid to a slain researcher while it believed he was working at home. His body was found Feb. 5 wrapped in plastic at his house.

DELAWARE Dover: A bill to block rifle sales to people under 21 stalled in the state Senate amid a flurry of proposed amendments. It will come up against April 17 after Easter break.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The suburban Washington home where Confederate general Robert E. Lee grew up is for sale, listed at $8.5 million, The Washington Post reports.

FLORIDA Ponte Vedra Beach: Researchers at St. Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum are rushing to measure and photograph a section of a sailing ship that washed ashore, the

Florida Times-Union reports.

GEORGIA Eastman: Authorities say 63 pit bulls were rescued from a dogfighting ring in a raid that resulted from the discovery of a bloodied dog during a March 17 traffic stop. Seven people were arrested in the raid.

HAWAII Honolulu: Mililani High School has the first state-approved campus imu, a traditional Hawaiian underground oven used to slow-cook

Kalua pigs, Hawaii

News Now says. IDAHO Idaho Falls: Federal officials have released new rules to deal with crowding on the South Fork of the Snake River during trout fishing season, The

Post Register reports.

ILLINOIS Peoria: The city’s public school district purchased stun guns for its security officers, The (Peoria)

Journal Star reports. Officials are working on drafting a policy for when and how the devices will be used.

INDIANA Terre Haute: The state will dedicate a historical marker April 19 commemorating Syrian immigrants who came here in the early 20th century. The community was known as “Little Syria on the Wabash.”

IOWA Waverly: Waverly College is bolstering security following reports that a man entered unlocked dorms and harassed women students, The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports.

KANSAS Wichita: A federal appeals court has reinstated a wrongful death lawsuit in a 2013 trampling death at Creekstone Farms’ cattle processing facility, The Wichita Eagle reports.

KENTUCKY Frankfort: The state Senate voted to raise death benefits for surviving families of police officers killed in the line of duty.

LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: The state House agreed to a 30-year contract extension for Harrah’s to operate the land-based New Orleans casino.

MAINE Bangor: The city last week celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1968 closing of Dow Air Force Base. The site is now Bangor International Airport. MARYLAND Ocean City: A federal appeals court says a fisherman who failed a lie-detector test after being declared the winner of a 2016 billfish tournament can’t collect the $2.8 million in winnings, The Daily Times of Salisbury reports. MASSACHUSETTS Boston: A labor dispute between Plimoth Plantation and the living history museum staff may threaten the upcoming 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ arrival. MICHIGAN Fruitport Township: Authorities say about 30 dogs are believed to have died in a fire at Storm’s Ahead Kennels, which was at capacity last week, The Muskegon

Chronicle reports. MINNESOTA Columbia Heights: Authorities say no one was hurt when a small melting machine exploded at Invest Cast metal company. Employees were evacuated.

MISSISSIPPI Louisville: The First United Methodist Church has left the denomination amid clashing views on homosexuality and other issues, the Clarion Ledger reports.

MISSOURI Kansas City: Authorities say bed bugs were found last week in a Terminal B upholstered chair at Kansas City International Airport,

The Kansas City Star reports. The chair was near restaurants, but no food prep areas were affected.

MONTANA Great Falls: Glacier County dropped an office in Browning amid a dispute over a new lease, The Great Falls Tribune reports.

NEBRASKA Omaha: The philanthropic Aksarben Foundation has ended its annual king and queen crowning. A board member says pairing an older man with a collegeage woman is “out of sync” today.

NEVADA Reno: The 80-year-old executive director of the Ronald McDonald House here was ousted amid allegations of using charity funds for his own benefit and sexually harassing female staffers, The

Reno Gazette Journal reports.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Boscawen: The State Veterans Cemetery plans to open a multimedia learning center Nov. 11 during a Veterans Day ceremony. About 40% of the $700,000 fundraising goal is complete.

NEW JERSEY Trenton: A program that allowed Ocean County residents who received unwarranted Medicaid benefits to withdraw without prosecution resulted in consent agreements to repay $2.2 million.

NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: The state Game Commission is launching a nationwide search for a new director. In addition to wildlife duties, the job involves enforcement of off-highway motor vehicle rules.

NEW YORK Albany: Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered an investigation of complaints about management at the Albany Medical Center, where nurses are trying to unionize, the

Times Union reports.

NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: A federal judge ruled that the state prison system must recognize humanism as a faith and allow its adherents to meet.

NORTH DAKOTA Mandan: Veterans Memorial Ballpark built in the 1950s will get a $2.5 million makeover this summer that includes 500 more seats, The Bismarck Tribune reports.

OHIO Columbus: The Ohio Supreme Court has proposed a rule clarifying that judges who campaign for nonjudicial office must leave the bench.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: A contractor providing youth home service is terminating its work in Oklahoma, saying the state is sending mentally ill children. White Fields was set up to handle severely abused children.

OREGON Eugene: A man who went to the University of Washington in the 1970s is seeking historic designation for the 93-year-old East Grandstand at Hayward Field to prevent the school from tearing it down to boost seating for the 2021 World Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia: A nonprofit plans to display the city’s other bell – a bigger, uncracked twin of the Liberty Bell – a few blocks from its better-known relative. The Bicentennial Bell, a gift from Great Britain, has been stored since 2013.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: A state lawmaker wants to pay families with at least $100,000 a year in household income up to $10,000 to move to the state for at least a year.

SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: The U.S. Justice Department and the state Department of Corrections have reached a deal to give hearing-impaired inmates a chance to participate in programs and activities.

SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: The state’s winter wheat crop is in good shape, with 80% rated in fair or good condition, according to the federal Agriculture Department.

TENNESSEE Nashville: Video of sick and injured animals led to a PetSmart store raid, The Tennessean reports.

TEXAS Houston: Hispanic superintendents are underrepresented in Texas public schools even though more than 52% of students are Hispanic, the Houston Chronicle reports.

UTAH Salt Lake City: Students attending Utah colleges and universities face a 1.5% tuition hike, the lowest in eight years, Deseret News says.

VERMONT Montpelier: Airbnb says it won’t fight a proposed state law that would require people renting out their homes to register with the state and pay an annual fee of $130.

VIRGINIA Ashland: The loss of community newspapers this year is up to three. The Herald-Progress of Ashland and its sister paper, The Caroline Progress, shut down last week. The Hopewell News closed in January.

WASHINGTON Seattle: The Center City Connector streetcar project is on hold due to rising costs, and an investigation is underway of the project’s management.

WEST VIRGINIA Huntington: A state Fire Marshals investigation resulted in the arrests of two volunteer firefighters, ages 18 and 19, on charges of starting fires and reporting false emergencies, Herald-Dispatch says.

WISCONSIN Milwaukee: Gov. Scott Walker has signed legislation to close the troubled Lincoln Hills youth prison by 2021 and authorize funding for new facilities across the state.

WYOMING Laramie: A University of Wyoming study found that hunters, anglers and wildlife fans spent nearly $800 million in the state in 2016, The Laramie Boomerang reports.