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ALABAMA Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama officials say spots remain open for a youth forensic science camp on campus. Middle and high school students are eligible.
ALASKA Anchorage: State officials are reconsidering whether special events like outdoor concerts are a responsible use of state park land amid environmental impact worries.
ARIZONA Florence: An outbreak of mumps among immigrants detained in federal facilities in Pinal County is fueling a statewide spike in cases.
ARKANSAS Hot Springs: A dapperdressed statue of gangster Al Capone has been repaired, repainted and returned to The Ohio Bar after a failed attempt to steal the figure.
CALIFORNIA Los Alamitos: The California National Guard has announced the appointment of the first woman to lead a U.S. Army infantry division. Brig. Gen. Laura Yeager will take command of the 40th Infantry Division on June 29 at Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos.
COLORADO Fort Collins: Officials have hired a lobbying firm to help find a federal legislative path for establishing a “quiet zone” along a section of the BNSF train track near the Colorado State University campus.
CONNECTICUT Hartford: The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection commissioner will soon be soliciting bids to develop 30% of the state’s entire energy load from offshore wind sources.
DELAWARE Little Creek: Environmental officials say the state’s oncedwindling horseshoe crab population could be recovering.
The district’s financial leader says he won’t certify the city’s proposed $15.5 billion budget, saying it improperly diverts money that should go toward repaying city debts for a 2003 convention center.
It’s been eight months since Hurricane Michael ripped through the Panhandle, but an effort to help victims is continuing. The News Herald reports local groups have taken over for FEMA at the Community Recovery Center, offering medical and dental help and guiding victims of the October storm to appropriate resources.
GEORGIA Atlanta: A fundraising bash honoring the 90th birthday of philanthropist and Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus raised more than $117 million for Georgia charities.
HAWAII Honolulu: The state budget passed by the Legislature includes funding for repairs at Waikiki Beach, officials say.
IDAHO Boise: A Treasure Valley woman is offering a healing practice called forest bathing to teach people how to stop and smell the roses – and maybe taste them, too. Sari Telpner began leading immersive nature experiences in the Idaho Botanical Garden this spring.
ILLINOIS Chicago: A federal judge says he’ll dismiss a lawsuit brought by a parks advocacy group that is trying to stop former President Barack Obama’s presidential center from being built in a lakefront park.
INDIANA Indianapolis: A new school is two years from opening and still needs a leader, a charter and even a location. Yet families are already lining up to get their kids enrolled, says its founder, Jenn Watts. The area’s first all-girls STEM school, in partnership with Girl Scouts of Central Indiana, is slated to open in fall 2021, eventually serving girls in kindergarten through eighth grade.
IOWA Newton: A prison program aims to alleviate a lack of affordable housing while teaching inmates construction skills. Newton Correction Facility inmates in the Iowa Prison Industries program are building an office and classroom but will eventually build entire homes that can be moved to rural communities.
KANSAS Lawrence: Local high school students are offering to digitally restore print photographs damaged when a tornado tore through Douglas County last month.
KENTUCKY Tompkinsville: The second annual Writers in the Park will be held this week at Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site.
LOUISIANA New Orleans: Hundreds filed through a church Monday and held a Mardi Gras-style celebration to pay last respects to Creole chef Leah Chase, who ran a restaurant where civil rights strategies were discussed over gumbo and fried chicken in the 1950s and ’60s.
MAINE Augusta: State lawmakers have passed a “Student Loan Bill of Rights” aiming to protect borrowers.
MARYLAND Annapolis: Gov. Larry Hogan is urging Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to reconsider delaying the redesign of the $20 bill to feature abolitionist Harriet Tubman, born on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
MASSACHUSETTS Boston: A proposal to allow higher levels of income to be taxed at higher rates could come up Wednesday at a state constitutional convention to discuss the so-called millionaire tax.
MICHIGAN St. Ignace: Plans are in the works to enhance the Father Marquette National Memorial site in the Upper Peninsula.
MINNESOTA Duluth: The state’s cash assistance program for lowincome families will offer a $100 boost in monthly aid, the first hike in 33 years, starting next year.
MISSISSIPPI Jackson: Officials are reminding charities that hire telemarketers to seek new donors that they now have to register under the state’s no-call law, in effect July 1.
MISSOURI Jefferson City: A new report shows black drivers in the state are 91% more likely than white drivers to be pulled over by police.
MONTANA Great Falls: A man whose father signed up for cryogenic preservation after death is suing to obtain his remains. Laurence Pilgeram claims Alcor Life Extensive Foundation severed his father’s head for freezing and sent him the cremated remains of the body.
NEBRASKA Lincoln: The Game and Parks Commission is holding special events at four state parks and recreation areas for Father’s Day.
NEVADA Las Vegas: Authorities say they’re worried about the risk of explosion in neighborhoods where gasoline thieves are storing flammable fuel. Lt. Shane Womack says vapor could ignite in summer heat.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Durham: The University of New Hampshire will now study the science of sound. The Center for Acoustics Research and Education will initially focus on environmental acoustics.
NEW JERSEY Atlantic City: Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a law requiring most hotels to provide their workers with wearable panic buttons they can press to quickly summon help in an emergency.
NEW YORK New York: A street in Brooklyn has been named for rapper and native son Notorious B.I.G.
NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: The state House is reconstituting an oversight committee that will keep monitoring challenges state government has had in distributing federal long-term housing grants to hurricane victims in the state’s east.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: The state’s congressional delegation is calling on the Trump administration to address North Dakota’s year-old request for $38 million to cover the cost of policing protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline.
OHIO Reynoldsburg: State officials plan to begin aerial treatments aimed at disrupting gypsy moth mating on more than 61,000 acres in the state.
OKLAHOMA Norman: A judge is declining to approve the state’s proposed $85 million settlement with an opioid maker until he’s assured it complies with a new law.
OREGON Portland: Four of the state’s public universities will defend substantial tuition increases this week in front of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission amid protests from frustrated students.
PENNSYLVANIA Denver: A handpainted flag carried into battle by a black Union regiment during the Civil War is going up for auction Thursday.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: Environmental officials are asking for the public’s help in tracking the state’s wild turkey population through a form on the Department of Environmental Management’s website.
SOUTH CAROLINA Fountain Inn: The owner of a miniature pony named Pikachu believes the animal was stolen from her home. Hidden Pasture Farm owner Kate Nichols tells news outlets the miniature palomino filly known for appearing at children’s parties as a unicorn disappeared overnight last week.
SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City: A man has scrapped plans to open a museum honoring recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor after saying he received threats.
TENNESSEE Memphis: Jack Whiteled rockers The Raconteurs, multiple Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile and rap legends WuTang Clan lead the lineup for the 2019 Mempho Music Festival this October.
TEXAS Houston: A member of iconic rap group the Geto Boys is hoping to trade beats and rhymes for politics. Scarface, whose real name is Brad Jordan, is running for City Council.
UTAH Ogden: A mom of two intersex children born two decades apart is rejecting the secrecy that often surrounds people born with both male and female traits. After Amie Schofield’s eldest child was hurt in a violent attack, she and her husband became determined to speak out for 5-year-old Victory.
VERMONT Montpelier: Proponents of a bill that would have imposed a 24-hour waiting period to buy handguns say a veto Monday by the Republican governor will cost lives.
VIRGINIA Richmond: The state’s tourism industry generated $26 billion in visitor spending in all communities in 2018, up 4.4% over 2017.
WASHINGTON Seattle: The City Council has approved a long-delayed plan to redevelop unused Army land next to Discovery Park into about 240 affordable homes and open spaces.
WEST VIRGINIA Glen Jean: New River Gorge National River has several projects planned this summer to improve the area for visitors.
WISCONSIN Milwaukee: The popular China Lights festival will return to Boerner Botanical Gardens from Sept. 13 through Oct. 20.
WYOMING Laramie: Overcrowding is a concern among members of the task force working on a plan for new dorms at the University of Wyoming.