STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA Montgomery: The state Senate passed a bill to allow the Ten Commandments to be displayed in schools and government buildings.

ALASKA Anchorage: A man who called himself an “avenging angel” has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for attacking sex offenders.

ARIZONA Phoenix: The Motor Vehicle Division plans to offer online testing for teens seeking a driver instruction permit, but they still must pass a road skills test to get a license. ARKANSAS Little Rock: Jared Henderson, former head of Teach for America, will run for governor.

CALIFORNIA Irvine: A dog that lost six front teeth tackling a carjacking suspect should return to work soon.

COLORADO Denver: Mayor Michael Hancock apologized after a former member of his security detail said he made inappropriate comments and sending her harassing texts in 2012.

CONNECTICUT New London: A man charged with killing his pregnant wife because he thought she was a voodoo priestess has been offered a plea deal.

DELAWARE Felton: A man, 23, is accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend and holding her against her will over her refusal to unlock her cellphone.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: A secret audit of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts hints at widespread enrollment fraud to avoid the $12,000 in tuition charged to non-D.C. residents. FLORIDA Tallahassee: The state plans to construct a memorial on the grounds of the Capitol that recognizes the inhumanity of slavery.

GEORGIA Atlanta: Coca-Cola will cut up to 350 management positions during the next few months.

HAWAII Hilo: Owners of more than 6,000 vacation homes have collected money from short-term renters without registering with the state or paying taxes, a tourism official says.

IDAHO Boise: A University of Idaho law professor is suing the Idaho De- partment of Correction for refusing to hand over documents about its use of execution drugs.

ILLINOIS Chicago: The city’s school board will close four high schools in the Englewood neighborhood and replace them with a new school. INDIANA Rockport: State Trooper Kaitlyn Greene is credited with helping to rescue a man who was swept into a culvert.

IOWA Cedar Falls: The University of Northern Iowa has taken over operation of its student bookstore and will run it as a not-for-profit.

KANSAS Topeka: Officials say Topeka’s drinking water is out of compliance with a federal standard for contaminants but is still safe.

KENTUCKY Frankfort: The county clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples has written Under God's Authority: The Kim Davis Story. LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: A state senator says Louisiana’s Republican secretary of state, Tom Schedler, should resign after being accused of sexual harassment of an employee.

MAINE Yarmouth: The historic 1906 Grand Trunk Railroad Depot is for sale. The asking price is $165,000. MARYLAND Baltimore: Darryl De Sousa has been sworn in as the city’s police commissioner.

MASSACHUSETTS Boston: Amazon wants a new office in the Seaport District that could bring 2,000 jobs.

MICHIGAN Royal Oak: Squirrels, a sloth and bats displaced by the closing of a live animal center in Pontiac will move to the Detroit Zoo.

MINNESOTA St. Cloud: The Diocese of St. Cloud will file for bankruptcy protection to help resolve lawsuits involving sexual abuse of minors.

MISSISSIPPI Starkville: Mississippi State University will host an antiabortion speaker next week after a furor erupted over an invitation to an abortion doctor.

MISSOURI Springfield: A Tyson Foods subsidiary must pay $2.5 million after discharges from a plant killed more than 100,000 fish. MONTANA Missoula: The University of Montana has eliminated individual graduation ceremonies for academic departments.

NEBRASKA Omaha: Niquisha Taylor of Omaha must pay tax fraud restitution of more than $280,000. NEVADA Las Vegas: January gambling revenue topped $1 billion despite a 2.1% year-over-year decline.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: A task force studying problems at the state’s veterans hospital says a fullservice facility isn’t needed.

NEW JERSEY Burlington: Eliza Vincz says she was kicked out of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art for wearing a period costume that a guard accused her of stealing.

NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: Gov. Susana Martinez vetoed a proposed 10% pay raise for top state government officials, including her successor. NEW YORK Albany: Five providers of drug detox programs have been awarded a total of $10 million.

NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: Police were searching for three people who stole the U.S. and state flags from the Justice Department building. NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: Two nonprofits have partnered to help the community acquire a building for a permanent homeless shelter.

OHIO Columbus: The state will end same-day driver’s license issuing.

OKLAHOMA Checotah: Assistant Police Chief Justin Durrett, 35, has died of injuries he suffered in a Feb. 11 crash in Haskell County.

OREGON Boardman: The state wants to shut down Lost Valley Farm over allegations it has repeatedly endangered water supplies. PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh: The school district and the city Feder-

ation of Teachers have agreed on a tentative three-year contract.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: Care New England and Rhode Island’s Partners HealthCare will join merger discussions with Lifespan.

SOUTH CAROLINA Lexington: A fired 44-year-old assistant principal told a mother she was in love with the woman’s son, according to a letter a district administrator released. SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: The Minnehaha County Public Defender’s Office has asked to be dismissed from a homicide case because it doesn’t have enough attorneys.

TENNESSEE Nashville: Two Democratic lawmakers want to ban child marriages in Tennessee.

TEXAS Austin: Five Austin schools are searching for new names after officials voted to get rid of names tied to Confederate leaders and soldiers.

UTAH Salt Lake City: Drivers stuck at a stoplight with no traffic in sight could run a red light under a measure in the Utah legislature. VERMONT Montpelier: The emerald ash borer, which has killed hundreds of millions of ash trees, has been detected in the town of Orange.

VIRGINIA Green Bay: Identical twin sisters will marry identical twin brothers in a joint summer wedding.

WASHINGTON Olympia: Internet providers would be prohibited from blocking content or impairing traffic under a net-neutrality measure passed by the state Legislature.

WEST VIRGINIA Bluewell: Authorities say two people and a family pet were found dead in a house trailer of likely carbon monoxide poisoning. WISCONSIN Madison: Officials say 6% of deer tested last year were infected with chronic wasting disease.

WYOMING Laramie: The University of Wyoming has removed fliers containing white supremacist and neoNazi content from four buildings. Compiled from staff, wire reports