STATE-BY-STATE

News from across the USA

ALABAMA Montgomery: U.S. District Judge Madeline Hughes Haikala has ordered Cullman County to change bail procedures after finding that it is unconstitutional to detain people because they can’t pay.

ALASKA Anchorage: State and federal wildlife officials have apologized to Alaska Natives for the enforcement of migratory bird regulations.

ARIZONA Grand Canyon National Park: A bat at the Grand Canyon has tested positive for rabies.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: The state Board of Education has approved moving the Arkansas Governor’s School to Arkansas Tech University.

CALIFORNIA San Francisco: Mary Daly was named president of the Federal Reserve Bank here.

COLORADO Denver: Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $7.2 billion contract to build 22 Global Positioning System satellites.

CONNECTICUT Farmington: The state’s chief medical examiner Dr. James Gill says fentanyl-related overdose deaths in the state are on pace to increase 9 percent this year.

DELAWARE New Castle: The state is closer to adopting electronic voting machines that incorporate a paper trail, Delaware State News reported.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The Humane Rescue Alliance in D.C. is urging people to adopt pets to make room for animals from Tropical Storm Florence, WTOP reported.

FLORIDA Fort Lauderdale: De Andre Smith, 23, has been sentenced to 92 years in prison after a jury found him guilty on eight federal charges.

GEORGIA Atlanta: Home sales in August were down 9.7 percent but prices were up 8.1 percent compared with a year ago, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

HAWAII Honolulu: The Campaign Spending Commission fined more than 80 candidates for elected office for campaign finance violations.

IDAHO Boise: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Paulette Jordan’s campaign manager and communications director have resigned.

ILLINOIS Chicago: The owner of the Willis Tower unveiled a 300,000square-foot expansion, the Chicago Tribune reported.

INDIANA Indianapolis: State education officials say a $9 million grant from a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration program called Project AWARE.

IOWA Iowa City: The University of Iowa has agreed to pay $55,000 to settle a lawsuit that claimed its 2015 presidential search violated the state’s open meetings law.

KANSAS Kansas City : The University of Kansas Health System has received a $66 million donation.

KENTUCKY Lexington: Lindsey Banta Jarvis, a former school employee, has pleaded guilty to rape and sodomy charges.

LOUISIANA New Orleans: Edward Poitevent says his plans for a development are imperiled by the designation of 1,500 acres as critical habitat for the dusky gopher frog.

MAINE Augusta: State officials say a horse in York County has tested positive for the West Nile virus.

MARYLAND College Park: A group called “White Awake” at the University of Maryland is seeking to be a safe space for white students to discuss race.

MASSACHUSETTS Springfield: MGM officials say attendance and revenues from their new casino are exceeding expectations.

MICHIGAN Traverse City: Free tours are available at three sites where Great Lakes salmon are collected.

MINNESOTA Faribault: Authorities seized just under 171 pounds of methamphetamine at a house.

MISSISSIPPI Jackson: Enrollment fell at the state’s eight public universities and its 15 community colleges this fall.

MISSOURI Kansas City: Prosecutors say two bank tellers stole nearly $400,000 over at least five years, Kansas City Star reported.

MONTANA Kalispell: Wildlife officials say a freight train killed a grizzly bear near West Glacier.

NEBRASKA Omaha: Editorial staff at The Omaha World-Herald are considering forming a union.

NEVADA Carson City: Nevada’s imprisonment rate of 468 people per 100,000 residents is 15 percent higher than the national average.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: Lawmakers failed to override Gov. Sununu’s veto of a bill that would have abolished the death penalty.

NEW JERSEY Newark: A man caught on video shaving while riding on a train violated the rules, New Jersey Transit says.

NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: The poverty rate among children 5 and under improved last year.

NEW YORK Poughkeepsie: Marist College is teaming up with a health care company to open a medical school in 2022.

NORTH CAROLINA Greenville: Mittesh Das, convicted of sabotaging a computer program, has been sentenced to two years in prison and fined $1.5 million.

NORTH DAKOTA Grand Forks: The University of North Dakota is getting a $1 million anonymous donation for its accounting department.

OHIO Columbus: About 40 percent of public schools got an A or B overall on Ohio’s latest report cards.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: The new Coordinating Council on Poultry Growth will study the expansion of operations.

OREGON Portland: Nancy Crampton Brophy, 68, has been indicted for murder in her husband’s death.

PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh: The Penn Hills school district is canceling games against the Connellsville Area School District until accusations of racial slurs are investigated.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: Reports of bedbugs at the city’s main courthouse have raised alarm.

SOUTH CAROLINA Starr: Michelin's “U.S. 10” plant reopened with 100 employees, the Anderson Independent Mail reported.

SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City: Agnico Eagle Mines, which wants to reopen the Gilt Edge Mine, concedes that the move could disturb reclaimed areas, The Rapid City Journal reported.

TENNESSEE Nashville: News media are concerned with a legislative panel that the state code’s public record exemptions have grown to 553.

TEXAS Midland: Jose Abelardo Dominguez, a convicted online bookie in West Texas, must serve three years in federal prison and pay $7 million.

UTAH Ogden: Weber County authorities say miscommunication led to a murder suspect mistakenly making bail last month.

VERMONT Montpelier: The state plans to expand a high-speed broadband network under a deal with Kingdom Fiber.

VIRGINIA Elliston: Firefly Hill Vineyards lost more than 2 tons of grapes worth up to $25,000 in a theft.

WASHINGTON Olympia: The Out of the Darkness March drew hundreds of family members and friends.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: State officials canceled a contract to repair the state Capitol dome.

WISCONSIN Milwaukee: Habitat for Humanity workers are saving items from the Bradley Center.

WYOMING Casper: The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has purchased about a square mile of land that was the scene of skirmishes in the 1865 Battle of the Red Buttes.