OHIO Cleveland:
Cuyahoga County is considering installing license plate scanners at intersections to help police find vehicles used during crimes, Cleveland.com reports.
OKLAHOMA Enid:
A former Enid mayor is charged with 33 felonies in what police say is the largest fraud investigation in the city’s history.
OREGON Salem:
The number of homeless Oregon students has increased for a fourth consecutive year.
PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg:
State lawmakers are working on legislation to permit municipal police to use radar to catch speeders.
RHODE ISLAND Warwick:
The Warwick School Committee has approved two contracts with the city’s teachers’ union, one for the last two years when they worked without a contract and one for the next three years.
SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia:
The Congaree Riverkeeper environmental group plans to sue South Carolina Electric & Gas for dropping plans to remove coal tar in the river’s bed.
SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls:
State lawmakers may put their own constitutional amendments before voters in the June primary — separate from citizen initiatives on the fall ballot.
TENNESSEE Nashville:
An audit says prison company CoreCivic has operated some state prisons without enough corrections officers.
TEXAS San Marcos:
Texas State University has suspended all fraternity and sorority activities following the death of a fraternity pledge.
UTAH Salt Lake City:
A state audit found that children are at risk when child care centers accused of safety violations can operate as normal during appeals, Deseret News reports.
VERMONT Williston:
The state’s top wildlife official says an amateur video of bobcats frolicking in a local neighborhood shows that the state’s population of the animals is healthy.
VIRGINIA Norfolk:
The Virginia Zoo is investigating a possible sighting of its missing red panda but acknowledges it could be a hoax, The Virginian-Pilot reports.
WASHINGTON Everett:
The state will pay $4 million to settle a claim that it failed to protect children who were abandoned in a home without heat, The Daily Herald reports.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston:
The state Parkways Authority is seeking corporate sponsors for the 88-mile West Virginia Turnpike.
WISCONSIN Madison:
Gov. Scott Walker thinks the push to replace “America’s Dairyland” on Wisconsin’s license plates is ridiculous.
WYOMING Riverton:
State health officials found cases of salmonella after investigating a cluster of gastrointestinal illnesses, The Ranger says. Compiled from staff, wire reports.