STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA Montgomery: Hindu activist Rajan Zed wants the state to end its ban on yoga in public schools.

ALASKA Juneau: Gov. Bill Walker has signed a bill that allows boroughs and cities to prohibit drivers from using cellphones in school zones.

ARIZONA Kingman: More than 1,300 water jugs have been placed along state Highway 68 since April to help travelers fight the desert heat.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: City police employ 18- to 21-year-olds to answer nonemergency calls, write reports and train with officers, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported.

CALIFORNIA San Francisco: An elementary school has been renamed in honor of United Farm Workers icon Dolores Huerta.

COLORADO Colorado Springs: About 1,000 workers have lost jobs since Dec. 31 as some of the city’s call centers have moved operations.

CONNECTICUT Hartford: The power plant at Trinity College is getting a boost from a 1.4-megawatt fuel cell for campus electricity and heat.

DELAWARE Wilmington: Fishermen and scientists on the state’s coast are seeing more fish that are typically found much farther south.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Dozens gathered Sunday at the World War II Memorial to mark the 73rd anniversary of the end of the war.

FLORIDA Fort Myers: An American Airlines flight almost landed at the wrong airport before air traffic controllers guided it back on course.

GEORGIA Atlanta: Inspire Brands, the corporate parent of Arby’s and Buffalo Wild Wings, is building a new headquarters.

HAWAII Honolulu: A task force has announced preliminary guidelines to help physicians diagnose, treat and manage rat lungworm disease.

IDAHO Cascade: Authorities safely detonated a grenade a woman found in her dead brother’s trailer.

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IOWA Des Moines: Pupper the sea lion has died at the Blank Park Zoo. She was 29.

KANSAS Wichita: After 92 years of growing pumpkins and providing corn mazes for visitors, Cox Farm will close this month or in October.

KENTUCKY Ashland: The American Red Cross plans to unveil a new emergency response vehicle today at the Ashland Fire Department.

LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: State officials say a crude oil export terminal and pipeline project will be a $2.5 billion investment.

MAINE Belfast: A Norwegian firm that wants to build a large salmon farm here has entered into an agreement to buy about 14 acres.

MARYLAND Gaithersburg: Emergent Solutions will pay $735 million to acquire the maker of the opioid overdose reversal nasal spray Narcan, the Baltimore Sun reported.

MASSACHUSETTS Boston: State and local officials are preparing to mark the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s landing in 2020.

MICHIGAN Lansing: Enough valid signatures were collected to put an initiative on the November ballot to allow same-day voter registration.

MINNESOTA Bowlus: A post office has been shut down due to health and safety concerns from water damage and bacterial growth.

MISSISSIPPI Greenville: Nearly $400,000 will be spent to rebuild the road to the Port of Greenville, the Delta Democrat-Times says.

MISSOURI Kansas City: Crews are working to finish a $39 million renovation of Kemper Arena into the new Hy-Vee Arena.

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NEBRASKA Lincoln: State troopers will don a new pink patch in October to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research.

NEVADA Las Vegas: American Costumes, which counted Siegfried & Roy among its clients, is closing after 40 years in business.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: The state says its 500th student has completed a registered apprenticeship program.

NEW JERSEY Atlantic City: A Hawthorne woman won about $2.4 million at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, the North Jersey Record says.

NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: A 40year-old man was arrested after police deployed spike strips to stop him in an ambulance he allegedly stole from Presbyterian Hospital.

NEW YORK Buffalo: Joey Chestnut downed 206 chicken wings in 12 minutes to repeat as champion of the National Buffalo Wing Festival.

NORTH CAROLINA Black Mountain: A woman’s dog has died after warding off a bear that broke into her family’s home, WRAL reported.

NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: Gerald VandeWalle marked his 85th birthday and 40 years on the state Supreme Court – a state record.

OHIO Cincinnati: Solutions are being sought to the problem of passengers assaulting city bus drivers.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: A survey indicates that hotel occupancy in Oklahoma has risen by 4.7 percent over the past year.

OREGON Medford: The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children says Oregon has the most registered sex offenders per capita with 679 per 100,000 residents.

PENNSYLVANIA Freeport: Natural Gas Utility & Pipeline Field Skills

Training graduates are hopeful the course will help them land a job.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: The Providence Housing Authority has been awarded nearly $400,000 to provide more rental opportunities for low-income people with disabilities.

SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: Active shooter and intruder drills are required each semester in schools across the state under a new law.

SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City: State regulators say there’s no evidence a Canadian company exploring for gold in the Black Hills has ownership of a water right dating back to 1898.

TENNESSEE Memphis: More than a dozen groups have begun a voter registration drive with a goal of signing up 55,000 black voters.

TEXAS Fort Worth: Record Town, the home of the rhythm-and-blues “Fort Worth sound,” had its grand reopening Saturday at 120 St. Louis Ave.

UTAH American Fork: A Utah County family hopes a billboard on Interstate 15 will bring new info on their missing 24-year-old daughter.

VERMONT Montpelier: A grant of nearly $410,000 will be used to buy electric buses.

VIRGINIA Richmond: The pass rate for reading tests among third-graders fell for the second straight year.

WASHINGTON Puyallup: Firefighters rescued 19 people from a ride that malfunctioned Monday evening at the Washington State Fair.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: The Appalachian Regional Commission says 15 of the state’s 55 counties are considered economically distressed.

WISCONSIN Hartland: A petition garnered nearly 800 signatures to prompt the village to consider restricting where sex offenders can live.

WYOMING Lovell: Burlington High School officially tops the state with a total composite ACT score of 24.6, the Casper Star Tribune reports. From staff and wire reports