STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA Auburn: The Auburn University Regional Airport is still on track for completion in December.

ALASKA Anchorage: The U.S. Air Force is planning a $150 million project to extend the runway at Anchorage’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson so it can to reduce airspace congestion and ease jet noise over neighborhoods. ARIZONA Phoenix: Voting rights organizations are suing Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan over concerns that her office isn’t updating voters’ addresses.

ARKANSAS North Little Rock: The Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs will receive up to $1.8 million to subsidize the operations of a new veterans nursing home.

CALIFORNIA Sacramento: Surfing is now California’s official sport, Gov. Jerry Brown announced Monday while signing a bill making it so.

COLORADO Pueblo: A 35-year-old man died and two others were injured when their SUV plunged 17 feet off a small cliff.

CONNECTICUT Hartford: Retired Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers and retired Superior Court Judge Robert Holzberg have teamed up to create the Connecticut Lawyers for Immigration Justice, aiming to raise money to help expand free legal services to immigrant children and families in the state.

DELAWARE Dover: Officials plan to go to court to use a new law to dissolve the state limited liability company registration of Backpage.com, which authorities have dubbed an “online brothel.”

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Arlington National Cemetery is planning a 70acre southern expansion, and a meeting Wednesday aims to share the latest on the project and to hear public opinion of it, WTOP radio reports.

FLORIDA Gainesville: Documents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service show a University of Florida research unit killed more than 150 birds in the past 10 years to protect plant science work, the Gainesville Sun reported. GEORGIA Athens: The State Botanical Garden will soon have a new home at the University of Georgia.

HAWAII Honolulu: Ray Emory, a Pearl Harbor survivor who pushed to identify buried unknown remains from the 1941 attack, died Monday. He was 97.

IDAHO Nampa: A $21 million school safety initiative – Keep Idaho Students Safe – that would allocate $25,5000 to every school in the state will be pitched to the Legislature in January. ILLINOIS Chicago: Drugmaker AbbVie is donating $100 million to Ronald McDonald House Charities. It’s the single largest gift to the Chicagobased charity network.

INDIANA Indianapolis: The presidents of 22 private colleges and universities have signed a public letter calling on the General Assembly to pass a hate crimes law.

IOWA Des Moines: The Iowa State Fair has set a record for attendance at the annual 11-day event. Fair officials say an estimated 1,130,260 people attended the fair, topping the record set in 2017 by 189 people.

KANSAS Overland Park: Richard Armenta, a 57-year-old who fled on a bicycle after robbing a bank last year, has been sentenced to three years and one month in federal prison. KENTUCKY Winchester: Firefighters are investigating a blaze that killed four horses at Dragonsmeade Farm, Clark County Fire Marshal Ernest Barnes said. LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: Education officials say 67 school systems will share in more than $10 million in grants aimed at improving disadvantaged students’ reading and writing skills.

MAINE Skowhegan: Superior Court Justice Robert Mullen, frustrated when people don’t show up for jury duty, is ready to haul them into court if they don’t appear after being summoned to perform what he views as their civic duty.

MARYLAND Baltimore: After nearly a year of turmoil, the temporary administrator of the Baltimore NAACP says the civil rights group is posed for a “refresh” with a special election this fall.

MASSACHUSETTS Boston: David Hogg, a survivor of the Parkland, Fla,. high school shooting will be joining a 50-mile march calling for gun law reforms. The march is scheduled to start Wednesday in Worcester and end Sunday in Springfield at the headquarters of gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson. MINNESOTA St. Cloud: A dysfunctional wind turbine at the Veterans Affairs hospital will be taken down next year. The turbine hasn’t produced any electricity for six years, the St. Cloud Times reports.

MISSISSIPPI Gulfport: Mississippi Power says it is closing most of its customer service offices by Oct. 8. MISSOURI Jefferson City: New state programs will allow farmers suffering from drought to get hay and pump water from state land.

MONTANA Billings: Elisha Ryan Finley, a former bookkeeper for Montana trucking company G.D. Eastlick Inc., was sentenced to two years in prison for embezzling nearly $100,000 from the firm.

NEBRASKA Lincoln: Lincoln will be able to maintain a program that serves as an alternative to jail for people arrested while extremely intoxicated.

NEVADA Reno: Destruction of sage grouse habitat by a series of large wildfires has prompted a ban on hunting for the game bird this fall across a large stretch of Nevada.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: Ten community health centers are splitting about $836,000 in federal grants from the Department of Health and Human Services to improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of health care delivery. NEW JERSEY Trenton: Gov. Phil Murphy ordered the closure of state lands to black bear hunting this year. The first-year governor campaigned last year on stopping the black bear hunt. NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: New Mexico’s most populous city has tested 1,050 of 4,543 unprocessed rape kits as of the end of July.

NEW YORK Albany: A law signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo bans smoking in home-based day care centers, even when children are not present. NORTH CAROLINA Salisbury: “Fame,” one of North Carolina’s most expensive Confederate memorials, is under watch after vandals splattered it with what appeared to be white paint.

NORTH DAKOTA Grand Forks: U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson commemorated the launch of the first large drone to fly beyond sight of the pilot and without a manned airplane to observe the plane.

OHIO Columbus: The National Veterans Memorial and Museum is set to open Oct. 27, with retired U.S. Army Gen. Colin Powell to give the keynote address at the dedication ceremony.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Officials say an effort to place recreational marijuana on Oklahoma’s general election ballot in November has fallen more than 20,000 signatures short.

OREGON Bend: The base of one of Oregon’s most scenic viewpoints is still being rehabilitated about six weeks after an illegal firework ignited a fire that ravaged the area.

PENNSYLVANIA Allentown: Air Products has announced plans to relocate about 75 employees who work in downtown Allentown to its corporate headquarters in Trexlertown.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: The Providence Fire Department has been awarded nearly $1 million for training and equipment. SOUTH CAROLINA St. Matthews: Tri-County Electric Cooperative customers voted to remove six board members who refused to resign after customers found out about big spending and lucrative personal benefits.

SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: Federal and tribal officials are meeting this week to discuss violence against Native American women.

TENNESSEE Memphis: FedEx Corp. plans to offer free tuition to employees at its international hub here, the Commercial Appeal reported. Tuition would be good toward an online degree from the University of Memphis. TEXAS Austin: Researchers say drug overdoses were the leading cause of maternal deaths in Texas between 2012 and 2015, with opioids to blame for the majority of those.

UTAH American Fork: Timpanogos Cave National Monument will be closed from Labor Day to June 2019 for construction of a new $3.1 million visitor center, KLS-TV reports.

VERMONT Burlington: The demolition phase of a downtown redevelopment project is done and construction crews are ready for the excavation phase. The $225 million redevelopment will feature office space, apartments and retail.

VIRGINIA Richmond: Gov. Ralph Northam has scheduled a special session of the General Assembly for Aug. 30, so lawmakers can comply with a court order to redraw the state’s legislative map.

WASHINGTON Seattle: The Seattle Parks Department announced a new pilot program that will force electric bike riders to stay under 15 miles per hour on local trails. WEST VIRGINIA Huntington: Rural development grants totaling more than $99,000 have been awarded to The Marshall University Research Corp. and The Wayne County Economic Development Authority.

WISCONSIN Madison: University of Wisconsin System leaders will consider asking Gov. Scott Walker for an additional $107 million in state aid to help meet Republican-imposed performance goals and increase access to high-demand programs.

WYOMING Laramie: The University of Wyoming will hold its first New Student Convocation on Aug. 28 in the Arena-Auditorium. The event will feature speakers and musical performances.