STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA Montgomery: Lawyers for a death row inmate scheduled to be executed Thursday say multiple strokes and dementia have left him unable to remember his crime and are seeking a Supreme Court review of his case.

ALASKA Anchorage: The Native group Sealaska Heritage Institute is criticizing a shamanism retreat planned for June, saying the event exploits the spiritual healing practices of indigenous people.

ARIZONA Phoenix: The city is exploring a private sector takeover of Sky Harbor airport’s public parking facilities, KJZZ-FM reports.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: C&H Hog Farm near Mount Judea has been permitted to continue operating while it appeals the state’s decision to deny it a new permit in the Buffalo River’s watershed.

CALIFORNIA Los Angeles: Two men face federal charges of exporting computer chips with military applications to China. Authorities say the chips have radar and electronic warfare applications.

COLORADO Denver: The state’s Medicaid director says it would cost about $200 million a year to clear a waiting list of 2,900 people who need severe disability help, The Denver Post reports.

CONNECTICUT Hartford: State officials are urging residents to volunteer for an annual count of homeless people set for Tuesday.

DELAWARE Dover: A woman operating a tattoo shop out of her home was ordered by state health officials to close it. The Wilmington woman kept no client records, preventing the state from sending notices to seek medical testing for disease risks.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Three masked suspects crashed a stolen truck into a 7-Eleven last week and took an ATM, WTOP Radio reports. Authorities say the thieves used a stolen blue pickup truck for the heist.

FLORIDA Fort Lauderdale: Two robbers were so brazen they stole the wedding ring off a Broward County mail carrier’s finger, authorities say.

GEORGIA Butler: A state lawmaker wants to force the use of instant replay in high school football playoff and championship games after a controversial call cost her local high school a score in the championship.

HAWAII Kailua-Kona: A Big Island planning commission will visit the site of a proposed 40-unit resort development before considering various requests from the developer, West Hawaii Today reports.

IDAHO Idaho Falls: A judge has ruled that a state ACLU lawsuit claiming inadequate public defender funding can move forward as a class action, the Post Register reports.

ILLINOIS Chicago: Metra reminds commuters that fares will increase Feb. 1 and some service will be reduced Feb. 5. Officials cite the need to cover a $45 million deficit caused by state funding cuts.

INDIANA Indianapolis: Top state and city officials say they won’t go overboard in what they offer Amazon to lure its second headquarters project.

IOWA Council Bluffs: The Micah House homeless shelter is starting a Girl Scouts troop next month, The Omaha World-Herald reports.

KANSAS Topeka: A report criticizes the University of Kansas’ previous administration for spending more than $21 million over five years on consulting fees to find savings and efficiencies. But school officials de- fend the work, citing more than $51 million in savings.

KENTUCKY Frankfort: Jeff Hoover, the Republican who stepped down as state House speaker after signing a secret sexual harassment settlement, has filed for re-election to his House seat.

LOUISIANA New Orleans: Pipes damaged during two nights of unusual cold began thawing and leaking last week, leading to low water pressure in New Orleans and surrounding areas.

MAINE Portland: The city’s Monument Square was the site of a massive T-rex invasion Saturday. The gathering of costumed dinosaur lovers held a Cretaceous Period party. MARYLAND Ocean City: Five women have filed a suit in federal court challenging the town’s ordinance prohibiting topless women in public.

MASSACHUSETTS Boston: The federal shutdown isn’t knocking “Old Ironsides” out of service. Officials say the warship USS Constitution will remain open to tourists at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston.

MICHIGAN East Lansing: Michigan State University has agreed to allow white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak on campus March 5, during spring break. But he’ll be away from the heart of campus.

MINNESOTA Minneapolis: The state has approved changing the name of Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis, named for former vice president and slavery supporter John Calhoun, to its original Dakota Indian name of Bde Maka Ska.

MISSISSIPPI Jackson: Mississippi could have to reset the scale used to assign A-to-F grades to public schools again in 2018, after the U.S. Department of Education rejected parts of the state’s system.

MISSOURI Creve Coeur: Officials are working to remove invasive Asian carp from Creve Coeur Park Lake, KSDK-TV reports. The fish entered the lake after the Missouri River flooded nine years ago.

MONTANA Helena: Prosecutors say child protection caseworkers aren’t following a state law that requires them to release toxicology findings on children suspected to have been exposed to illegal drugs.

NEBRASKA Omaha: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska is promoting sales executive Steven Grandfield to president and CEO in March.

NEVADA Las Vegas: Police say two men are dead and a woman is hospitalized after what appears to be a murder-suicide from a love triangle.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Durham: The University of New Hampshire says it won’t renew the contracts of 18 lecturers. Nearly half of them teach English as a second language.

NEW JERSEY Elizabeth: The main span of the Goethals Bridge that connects the city with Staten Island is headed to the scrap yard. A new bridge is to be finished this year.

NEW MEXICO Lordsburg: The Border Patrol seized a ton of marijuana worth $1.6 million about eight miles north of the border with Mexico.

NEW YORK Watkins Glen: The animal protection group Farm Sanctuary says 24 pigs were removed from a farm where they were kept in inhumane conditions. NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: State officials say final compensation payments to those who were sterilized years ago under the state’s eugenics program will be mailed soon.

NORTH DAKOTA Minot: The Minot Park District is planning cross-country, mountain bike and multi-use trails, a neighborhood park and an 18-hole golf course and recreation area, the Minot Daily News reports.

OHIO Columbus: Gov. John Kasich has created a statewide center to advance Ohio’s effort to be a national leader in autonomous vehicle research and smart road technology.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Federal officials have approved the Shawnee Tribe’s request to put more than 100 acres of land in trust for Golden Mesa Casino in the Oklahoma Panhandle.

OREGON Astoria: Authorities say an oil spill created a five-mile sheen on the Columbia River, The Daily Astorian reports. The source is unclear.

PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia: A group of nuns wants a federal court to block a natural gas pipeline project on their Lancaster cornfield. The sisters in the Adorers of the Blood of Christ say the project violates their religious freedom.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: The core of the University of Rhode Island’s main campus will be added to the National Register of Historic Places. Among the buildings is the Oliver Watson Farmhouse, dating to 1796.

SOUTH CAROLINA York: Detective Mike Doty, one of four law enforcement officers shot while trying to find and arrest a domestic violence suspect, died last week, York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson says.

SOUTH DAKOTA Olivet: Hutchinson County commissioners have approved a construction resolution for a $4.5 million courthouse, The Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan reports.

TENNESSEE Nashville: More than a dozen national advocacy groups have urged the release of Cyntoia Brown, who was imprisoned for life in 2004 after she killed a man who solicited her as a 16-year-old prostitute.

TEXAS New Braunfels: A judge overseeing the trial of a woman accused of trafficking her teenage niece recused himself after interrupting jury deliberations to push for an acquittal. But the jury returned a guilty verdict anyway, New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung reports.

UTAH Salt Lake City: The Utah Supreme Court has a new justice, The Salt Lake Tribune reports. Paige Petersen was sworn in last week.

VERMONT Windsor: State education officials have approved merging the West Windsor and Windsor school districts. Voters in the towns will make the final decision.

VIRGINIA Richmond: The state Senate has voted to raise the felony theft threshold from $200 to $500. It would be the first increase since 1980.

WASHINGTON Tacoma: Authorities say a man will spend 30 days in prison for cutting down and stealing a maple tree near Olympic National Park. Michael Welches was charged after neighbors heard a chain saw in the middle of the night.

WEST VIRGINIA Nitro: A New York gaming and entertainment company has agreed to buy Mardi Gras Casino and Resort west of Charleston.

WISCONSIN Madison: Gov. Scott Walker called on the Legislature to pass a welfare overhaul package that imposes drug testing for public housing applicants and photo IDs for food stamp recipients.

WYOMING Jackson: Boosted by a total solar eclipse in August, Grand Teton National Park had more than 4.9 million visits last year, its fourth straight year of record attendance.

Compiled from staff, wire reports.