STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Montgomery: Airports in Mobile and Montgomery will soon add flights to Florida.
ALASKA Juneau: State lawmakers may borrow up to $1 billion to cover a debt owed to oil and gas companies.
ARIZONA Apache Junction: Two people were hurt at a rodeo when a horse-drawn stagecoach slammed into multiple vehicles last weekend.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: Reimbursements to state lawmakers for mileage and other expenses declined last year, while their salaries rose.
CALIFORNIA Long Beach: A man whose blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal driving limit rode his horse onto a California freeway.
COLORADO Denver: Authorities say two people died in separate skiing and snowboarding accidents.
CONNECTICUT Hartford: A man was arrested after trying to run over an officer while fleeing a casino assault.
DELAWARE Wilmington: An ailing New Castle County police dog with seven years of service was put down.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: President Trump will attend Friday’s funeral in Charlotte for the Rev. Billy Graham.
FLORIDA Orlando: A 14-year-old boy was detained after an explosion during a debate competition at Timber Creek High School. No one was hurt.
GEORGIA Valdosta: Student films and a documentary about giant rodents will hit the screen Friday at the South Georgia Film Festival at Valdosta State University.
HAWAII Honolulu: Lawmakers held a public hearing on a bill to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives with a dose of prescription drugs.
IDAHO Boise: Three siblings reported missing after being picked up unexpectedly by their mother are safe.
ILLINOIS Aurora: A new program will encourage low-income students to seek careers in technology, medicine, education and business.
INDIANA Indianapolis: Police will increase DUI patrols for St. Patrick’s Day and the NCAA tournament.
IOWA Des Moines: Health officials say 157 state residents have died of flu-related illnesses since Oct. 1.
KANSAS Topeka: Advocates say changes to streamline applications and renewals to KanCare, the state’s Medicaid program, have made it more difficult for elderly people.
KENTUCKY Louisa: Savage Farms will host the second annual Maple Festival on March 31.
LOUISIANA Gretna: The Jefferson Parish School Board hopes to appoint a superintendent next week.
MAINE Augusta: Opponents have filed suit over the governor’s moratorium on new wind power projects. MARYLAND St. Mary’s County: Five people were taken to a hospital after a truck veered off a road and smashed into a home.
MASSACHUSETTS Newton: Two small liberal arts colleges, Mount Ida College and Lasell College, are considering merging.
MICHIGAN Lansing: The state has created developed a middle school curriculum for middle school sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students called Michigan’s Wondrous Wetlands and Waterfowl.
MINNESOTA Elk River: Authorities say a teenager walking on a track bed died Sunday after being hit by a Northstar Commuter Rail train.
MISSISSIPPI Carrollton: Two Mississippi Delta towns, Carrollton and North Carrollton, want legislative approval for a 2% restaurant tax.
MISSOURI Kansas City: Rare identical triplets were delivered last week at Truman Medical Center.
MONTANA Billings: Authorities are investigating reports that cattle were deprived of food and water on a ranch owned by an ex-state lawmaker who is cooperating with the probe and fired the property man- ager, the Billings Gazette reports.
NEBRASKA Seward: The Rupert Dunklau Foundation has given Concordia University $10 million for a science, math and business center.
NEVADA Las Vegas: Clark County commissioners are considering allowing salon and barbershop customers to buy beer or wine.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: Police could no longer set up sobriety checkpoints under a bill passed by the New Hampshire House.
NEW JERSEY Holmdel: Authorities say a toaster oven in a breakroom sparked a fire at Bayshore Community Hospital. No one was injured.
NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: Those working to clean up groundwater contaminated by jet fuel at Kirtland Air Force Base hope an extraction well will halt the leak.
NEW YORK Inwood: Police say a man pretending to be an officer went to an apartment and demanded rent money, threatening to arrest the tenant if he didn’t get it.
NORTH CAROLINA Greenville: Police are looking for a man who fired shots into a movie theater ceiling in a dispute over seating.
NORTH DAKOTA Fessenden: Former Wells County Sheriff Johnny Zip Lawson, who faces bribery and drug-dealing charges, will plead guilty to two misdemeanors.
OHIO Cleveland: Three men freed from prison after their murder convictions were overturned are expected to receive $1.5 million each from Cuyahoga County.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Police say an officer fatally shot a man wielding a knife inside a hotel.
OREGON Bend: The wood products industry may be rebounding slightly, with companies expected to hire as many as 2,900 people over the next six years, The Bulletin reports.
PENNSYLVANIA Clairton: A dozen people are charged in a brawl at a high school basketball game. Both schools are on five years of probation.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: Two foundations have each pledged $15,000 for an update to the state blueprint on providing services to people with Alzheimer’s disease.
SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston: The Medical University of South Carolina fired 13 employees in 2017 after finding that they misused patient records, The Post and Courier reports.
SOUTH DAKOTA Pierre: Voters may get to decide in November on a proposal to require 55% approval to change the state constitution.
TENNESSEE Knoxville: A $30.8 million Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus will be dedicated Saturday at an invitation-only Mass.
TEXAS Texarkana: Police think a man whose remains were found in a tree may have committed suicide.
UTAH Salt Lake City: Federal authorities are looking into at least 23 alleged civil rights violations involving Utah schools.
VERMONT Shaftsbury: A nonprofit dedicated to poet Robert Frost has donated $5,000 to Shaftsbury Elementary School.
VIRGINIA Richmond: Authorities say seven Chesterfield County schools have elevated levels of lead in their drinking water.
WASHINGTON Newhalem: Authorities say an avalanche Sunday blocked a section of state Route 20 in the Cascade Mountain Range.
WEST VIRGINIA Glen Jean: Managers at New River Gorge National River plan several prescribed fires through May to reduce the risk of wildfires.
WISCONSIN Madison: The two judges running for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court will hold two debates, on Friday and March 30. WYOMING Casper: Police fatally shot a sword-wielding man suspected of threatening a store clerk.