STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA 2013 Mallory Opelika: Hagan Miss is seeking America the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers.

ALASKA Juneau: More than 260 Mistras Group workers are expected to be laid off at the end of March. ARIZONA Phoenix: City firefighter Ryan Donahue is accused of stealing from his fellow firefighters. ARKANSAS Little Rock: Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he won’t endorse a “Babe Bracket” radio show where listeners rate female TV personalities. CALIFORNIA Sacramento: A judge says the state must consider earlier parole for many sex offenders.

COLORADO Denver: Owners of a business seeking to be among the nation’s first legal marijuana clubs made a pitch to city officials about preventing illegal use at the site. CONNECTICUT New Haven: A white Southern Connecticut State University adjunct professor was suspended for an alleged racial slur in class. DELAWARE Dover: A Dover Air Force Base airman is charged with raping a runaway 14-year-old girl. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Snowy owls from the Arctic are taking up National Mall residence, WTOP radio says. FLORIDA Naples: Lodge/Abbott Investments Associates LLC will pay a $350,000 fine for illegally filling in wetlands for a condominium project. GEORGIA Dalton: Lucas Warren’s contagious smile won over executives at Gerber, who made the 1-year-old their “spokesbaby” this year, the first spokesbaby with Down syndrome. HAWAII Honolulu: The majority of homeless youth on Oahu were born in Hawaii, and they became homeless at age 14 on average, a study says. IDAHO Boise: Democratic state Rep. Paulette Jordan will not resign her House seat as she runs for governor. ILLINOIS Normal: A man taking a concealed-carry class at a gun store accidentally shot himself in the leg.

INDIANA Bloomington: The national Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity has suspended its Indiana University chapter for three years for undisclosed violations. IOWA Des Moines: A mother accused of leaving her four children home alone to go to Europe could avoid prison under a plea deal. KANSAS Topeka: A state lawmaker says Kansas needs a state auditor, but only by uncovering enough corruption to pay the office’s budget.

KENTUCKY Frankfort: The wife of the appraiser whose estimate was key to Gov. Matt Bevin’s successful appeal of his house’s tax value has landed a $90,000 state job. LOUISIANA New Orleans: The state wildlife veterinarian says dozens of pelicans found dead along a stretch of road were hit by vehicles. MAINE Augusta: Reported state syphilis cases increased from 48 in 2016 to 84 last year. MARYLAND Baltimore: The city’s first medical marijuana dispensaries opened in Federal Hill and Hampden, The Baltimore Sun reports. MASSACHUSETTS Swampscott: Tom Daniels, principal of Stanley Elementary School since 2012, has come out as transgender. MICHIGAN Lansing: A group hopes to raise $350,000 for a monument to honor state law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty. MINNESOTA Minneapolis: A judge has agreed with 3M to delay a trial over groundwater contamination caused by the company’s legal dumping of chemicals. MISSISSIPPI Piney Woods: A dam break at a school emptied a pond and sent a wall of water and debris across four lanes of U.S. 49. MISSOURI St. Louis: The City Museum was ordered to pay $325,000 to an English teacher who suffered leg injuries in a 70-foot slide. MONTANA officials are Billings: recommending State wildlife against holding a grizzly bear hunt in 2018.

NEBRASKA Omaha: The Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium has put a 2-year-old red panda on display. NEVADA Carson City: Nevada is taking steps to leave healthcare.gov and set up a state-run exchange. NEW HAMPSHIRE Nashua: A hearing is set Tuesday for a woman claiming a $559 million Powerball ticket and seeking anonymity. NEW JERSEY Fort Lee: The family of a woman dragged to death by a bus will get a $5 million wrongful death settlement.

NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: Bills to expand dog and cat sterilizations by collecting a new annual fee from pet food manufacturers have cleared the state House and Senate. NEW YORK Monticello: Resorts World Catskills opened last week in an increasingly competitive casino market. NORTH CAROLINA Lexington: Davidson County Sheriff ’s Deputy Jeff Athey was fired after being charged in a Rowan County bank robbery. NORTH DAKOTA Edgeley: A woman crashed into a gasoline tanker truck on U.S. 281 because she sneezed, authorities say. OHIO Cleveland: City officials are searching for a new site for a statue of Superman. OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: A woman convicted of using a counterfeit check got a reduced sentence after being medically sterilized at the suggestion of the judge. OREGON Eugene: Construction begins this summer on a $2.2 million Black Cultural Center at the University of Oregon. PENNSYLVANIA Spartansburg: The mayor is standing by the town volunteer fire company’s re-election of a registered sex offender as chief.

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TEXAS Austin: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick doesn’t want a movie about a 2013 filibuster that temporarily derailed sweeping abortion restrictions to be filmed in the Texas Senate. UTAH Salt Lake City: Billionaire Jon Huntsman Sr. was remembered at his funeral Saturday as a generous man devoted to family and community. VERMONT Montpelier: A state Senate committee backs legislation that would allow Vermont to buy prescription drugs from Canada. VIRGINIA Glade Spring: Police Chief Ricky Stumbo, the last police officer in the town of 1,500, has asked the town council to hire another officer.

WASHINGTON Everett: A Lynnwood man who police say raped a high school student as she died from a drug overdose and texted semi-nude photos of her has been charged with first-degree manslaughter and rape. WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Starting in April, the state will stock its waters with golden rainbow trout. WISCONSIN Milwaukee: A judge has awarded a man custody of his abused daughter’s body that has languished in a morgue for two months. WYOMING Cheyenne: Ed Murray quit as Wyoming secretary of state Friday after two women accused him of sexual misconduct decades ago. Compiled from staff, wire reports.