STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA
Tuscaloosa: Alabama is the No. 3 auto exporter in the U.S., a Commerce Department survey says.
ALASKA
Kodiak: Twenty percent of high school students here reported bringing a weapon to school within the last 30 days, a state study says.
ARIZONA
Flagstaff: A months-long project is underway to improve the interchange of I-40 and I-17.
ARKANSAS
Texarkana: The superintendent of the Genoa Central School District says she’ll meet with sheriff ’s deputies to discuss possibly deputizing and arming employees.
CALIFORNIA
Sacramento: Six candidates for governor agreed at a conference that it’s too hard to build new homes in California.
COLORADO
Denver: A criminal defense investigator jailed for refusing to testify in a death penalty case because of her Mennonite faith now says she’ll take the stand because it might help save the defendant’s life.
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport: A Mark Twain scholar, Laura Skandera Trombley, will become president of the University of Bridgeport in July.
DELAWARE
Wilmington: A man who pleaded guilty to attacking and attempting to rob an off-duty police officer faces up to 52 years in prison.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:
Police in suburban Washington found shell casings and vehicles struck by bullets but no victims after responding to gunfire in a mall parking lot.
FLORIDA
Bradenton: A kayaker is recovering after an otter attack.
GEORGIA
Athens: Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood of Lady Antebellum will deliver the spring undergraduate commencement address.
HAWAII
Honolulu: A woman who lost both kidneys to sepsis when she went to an Army hospital to give birth was awarded $24.7 million.
IDAHO
St. Anthony: More than 60 pounds of nails have been removed from the St. Anthony Sand Dunes.
ILLINOIS
Waukegan: A sheriff ’s deputy is charged with official misconduct after allegedly responding to a domestic battery call by encouraging a woman to get back in a car with a man suspected of hitting her.
INDIANA
Bloomington: A book released last fall documenting campus buildings at Indiana University has sold more than 2,000 copies.
IOWA
Des Moines: Seven companies submitted applications to operate medical cannabis dispensaries.
KANSAS
Lawrence: The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity chapter at the University of Kansas was closed for health and safety violations.
KENTUCKY
Richardsville: The Old Richardsville Road bridge that dates to 1889 is closed over concerns about deteriorating trusses.
LOUISIANA
Leesville: Citing state budget cuts, Sheriff Sam Craft says the Vernon Parish Correctional Facility will close March 31.
MAINE
Augusta: Authorities say three bridges in Piscataquis and Penobscot counties will be replaced using a $10.8 million federal grant.
MARYLAND
Baltimore: The city’s metro system reopened after repairs were finished ahead of schedule.
MASSACHUSETTS
Malden: The National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint against nonprofit Triangle Inc., saying workers were illegally fired for trying to unionize.
MICHIGAN
Detroit: Officials treated drinking water in three communities after finding contamination.
MINNESOTA
Hastings: A former middle school cafeteria worker who called sexually explicit photos and texts she sent to a student protected free speech pleaded guilty to a felony charge in Dakota County.
MISSISSIPPI
Waveland: A groundbreaking was held last week for a Waveland Lighthouse viewing deck.
MISSOURI
Reeds Spring: Authorities say a cockfighting investigation led to the seizure of more than 230 birds, many of them injured.
MONTANA
Great Falls: The state’s mountain snowpack has climbed to above normal following heavy snow last month at several locations.
NEBRASKA
Omaha: Employees at billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway could win $2 million a year for life in their office pool for the men’s basketball tourney.
NEVADA
Las Vegas: One in three state motorists could see a 9% jump in auto insurance rates July 1 when the required bodily injury and property damage coverage rises.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Hampton: Provident Bank, the top lender to Smuttynose Brewing, has bought the microbrewery at auction.
NEW JERSEY
Trenton: The state is sending a mobile hospital to help St. Croix in the Virgin Islands, where the local medical center was damaged by hurricanes Irma and Maria.
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque: Residents of a village near the site of the first atomic bomb test want to tell Congress about health problems they say are linked to the explosion.
NEW YORK
Niagara Falls: City promoters are recruiting couples to re-tie the knot June 23 to set a Guinness record for vow renewals.
NORTH CAROLINA
Wilmington: Authorities say a 72-year-old Uber driver faces charges of videotaping himself having sex with a drunken woman he picked up for a ride.
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo: A group sponsoring a Red River diversion channel revised the plan, but it still faces upstream opposition.
OHIO
Akron: A collector of blimp memorabilia has donated 100 boxes of rare toys, books, photos and videos to the University of Akron.
OKLAHOMA
Stillwater: A bail agent was acquitted of murder in the fatal shooting of a client.
OREGON
Medford: The Jackson County Library District and Southern Oregon Historical Society have formed a partnership.
PENNSYLVANIA
Allentown: A jury gave life in prison instead of a death sentence to a man convicted in the baseball bat beating death of a man at his ex-girlfriend’s apartment.
RHODE ISLAND
Providence: The city may join seven other Rhode Island municipalities in a plastic bags ban.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Parris Island: Archaeologists say 16th-century Spanish forts suffer from heavy erosion and could disappear.
SOUTH DAKOTA
Yankton: Conservation officials are ramping up containment of invasive zebra mussels at the Lewis and Clark Recreation Area.
TENNESSEE
Murfreesboro: Two men charged with damaging a local Islamic Center apologized to its members.
TEXAS
Houston: State figures show that local spending after Hurricane Harvey generated jobs in construction, retail and other sectors.
UTAH
Salt Lake City: EV-maker Tesla is on track to sell cars in Utah under a deal approved by state lawmakers.
VERMONT
Burlington: University of Vermont officials say records related to a racist threat will stay sealed.
VIRGINIA
Hampton: A woman suing Sentara Healthcare says she was fired for reporting sexual harassment.
WASHINGTON
Spokane: State wildlife biologists caught a 197-pound cougar so muscular that a tranquilizer dart popped out as the cat flexed.
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston: Gov. Jim Justice signed a law to allow drilling for natural gas on property where 75% of royalty interest owners agree.
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee: An art appraisal firm is offering $5,000 for the recovery of a Pablo Picasso print.
WYOMING
Jackson: Officials say Elk Refuge animals are living on forage without supplemental alfalfa feed.