STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Birmingham:
Auto insurer Infinity Property and Casualty of Birmingham has been acquired by Kemper Corp. for $1.4 billion.
ALASKA Bethel:
The Bethel Winter House shelter is looking for volunteers to cook meals, KYUK-AM says.
ARIZONA Phoenix:
Gov. Doug Ducey wants $2 million to replace dilapidated housing and offices for troopers who live and work in remote areas.
ARKANSAS Little Rock:
The state mustpay some $71,000 to the lawyer for same-sex couples who won a U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down Arkansas’ birth-certificate law.
CALIFORNIA Los Angeles:
City health officials point out that state law bars dog meat sale for human consumption. A website posted a claim that a Los Angeles restaurant serves it.
COLORADO Denver:
Developers submitted plans to the city for an 81story skyscraper, Denver Post reports.
CONNECTICUT Hartford:
The state’s top election official wants to block marketers from buying voter lists.
DELAWARE Wilmington:
The public defender for man who pleaded guilty to impersonating an FBI agent is seeking a time-served sentence.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:
Work began this week on a $1 billion revitalization project at Reagan National Airport.
FLORIDA Panama City Beach:
In a rare sighting, authorities confirm that a humpback whale was swimming in the Gulf off the Florida Panhandle.
GEORGIA Hiram:
Authorities say arson caused a fire that destroyed five homes and damaged 14 others.
HAWAII Honolulu:
The private Kamehameha School system has agreed to pay $80 million to 32 victims of a doctor accused of sexual abuse.
IDAHO Boise:
A proposal to let the governor appoint directors of state corrections, parks and transportation was spiked by a House committee.
ILLINOIS Chicago:
The Department of Human Rights set up a hotline for sexual harassment victims.
INDIANA Seymour:
State officials say construction is expected to start this spring on widening a section of Interstate 65 in southern Indiana.
IOWA Iowa City:
Some elementary students are urging the school district to recognize Muslim holidays.
KANSAS Wichita:
The state Republican Party voted at its annual meeting to oppose efforts to validate transgender identity.
KENTUCKY Lexington:
Police say two teenagers are charged with making terroristic threats to the school district in Jessamine County.
LOUISIANA Shreveport:
A Lake Providence farmer is the new head of export marketing and promotion for the National Cotton Council.
MAINE Scarborough:
The principal of Scarborough High School quit amid a roiling dispute about changing school start times this fall.
MARYLAND Baltimore:
Some officials want more transparency of police personnel records after corruption convictions of some officers.
MASSACHUSETTS Lowell:
City officials cite a spike of opioid overdoses: 20 in three days, none fatal.
MICHIGAN Dearborn:
The biology department at Henry Ford College will use a life-size virtual cadaver to teach students human dissections.
MINNESOTA St. Paul:
State lawmakers are back this week with an agenda that includes fixing a balky computer driver’s license system.
MISSISSIPPI Biloxi:
Marine resources officials are offering oystermen bag dredges after banning basket dredges that damage reefs.
MISSOURI Kansas City:
A lawsuit says city schools let a violent felon pick up a 14-year-old girl who was taken to a motel and raped in 2010.
MONTANA Billings:
Fire officials say no one was hurt in a weekend
blaze at a bronze-casting business. NEBRASKA Omaha:
A pay raise is among the ideas considered to help Douglas County keep enough officers to manage jail inmates.
NEVADA Sparks:
Police are seeking a woman suspected of taking a $4,000 necklace from a pawn shop.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord:
State lawmakers rejected a mandate to give 5% of liquor profits to alcohol and drug abuse prevention.
NEW JERSEY Trenton:
A report shows that the number of defendants detained before trial dropped 20% in the year since New Jersey overhauled its bail system.
NEW MEXICO Albuquerque:
National Guard members helped break up a melee among fans at state high school wrestling tournaments.
NEW YORK Syracuse:
The New York State Fair is running a one-day online sale Thursday on packages for admission, rides and games.
NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh:
State prison officials have a new policy for pregnant inmates after getting complaints that two women were restrained during delivery.
NORTH DAKOTA Minot:
Surveys of state high school students show the use of e-cigarettes is surging.
OHIO Cleveland:
State environmental officials awarded Cleveland Metroparks $4.15 million to buy 73 acres that include wetlands.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City:
A resolution to oust a judge who gave probation to a man who admitted raping a 13-year-old girl at a church camp has been put on hold.
OREGON Portland:
The city’s apartment-building binge appears to be ending as applications for new housing projects have slowed.
PENNSYLVANIA State College:
Hundreds of Penn State students raised more than $10 million for pediatric cancer patients in an annual 46-hour dance marathon.
RHODE ISLAND Newport:
Rogers High School Assistant Principal Jaime Crowley has died after a yearlong battle with blood cancer.
SOUTH CAROLINA Gaffney:
Responding to vandalism, officials put up a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire around an Interstate 85 water tower painted like a peach.
SOUTH DAKOTA Pierre:
State lawmakers are expected to hear testimony Wednesday on a bill to suspend refugee resettlements from countries on federal travel bans.
TENNESSEE Nashville:
Authorities say a man who bought 11 head of cattle with a worthless check is charged with theft after selling them.
TEXAS San Antonio:
Police say a family waiting for a table at a steakhouse was attacked by a gunman who wounded 4 adults and a child.
UTAH Salt Lake City:
President Trump has endorsed Mitt Romney in Utah’s U.S. Senate race.
VERMONT Middlesex:
State Police say a house fire was caused by too many electrical devices in a circuit.
VIRGINIA Richmond:
After years of opposition, state GOP lawmakers are embracing Medicaid expansion to cover 300,000 low-income residents.
WASHINGTON Centralia:
Three pot retailers sued Lewis County over a requirement that such businesses in unincorporated areas get federal approval. The feds don’t give OKs.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston:
A jury ruled that the city Sanitary Board pay a contractor $1.3 million for breaching a deal involving sewer work.
WISCONSIN Appleton:
Passengers on a Delta SkyWest flight safely got off the plane Sunday after a carry-on suitcase began smoking in the cabin.
WYOMING Cheyenne:
State lawmakers are considering a bill to set work, school or volunteer requirements of 20 hours a week on at least 2,500 state Medicaid recipients.
Compiled from staff, wire reports.