STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Birmingham: The City Council has committed $90 million over 30 years to help pay for a stadium to host UAB football games.
ALASKA Palmer: A 18-year-old Palmer man was critically hurt when his small crossover vehicle hit a moose.
ARIZONA Phoenix: Thousands of teachers descended on the Capitol on Wednesday to demand a 20% pay raise and more education funding.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: A group is trying to put a measure on the Arkansas ballot in November that would legalize casinos in four counties.
CALIFORNIA Santa Fe: Orange County supervisors reversed a plan to build three emergency tent shelters for homeless people after protests.
COLORADO Pueblo: City schools will operate on a four-day week beginning next school year.
CONNECTICUT Southington: Residents of a retirement community will vote by April 6 on a plan to euthanize a flock of geese living in the area.
DELAWARE Dover: Nine confirmed cases of mumps have been linked to two dance festivals.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The National Museum of African American History and Culture will offer “WalkUp Wednesdays” in April as it tests no-pass-required entry.
FLORIDA West Palm Beach: A potential visit by President Trump could thwart a church’s plan to drop 40,000 Easter eggs from a helicopter.
GEORGIA Decatur: Michael De’Sean White, 26, a schoolteacher, has been charged with murder in the gangrelated 2016 killings of two children.
HAWAII Honolulu: An entrepreneur wants to buy Molokai Ranch and turn part of it into a farm for hibiscus that would be used for bio-fuel.
IDAHO Boise: Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter vetoed a bill that would have allowed charter schools to hire administrators who do not have the same certificate public school administrators need.
ILLINOIS Chicago: The city has backed a federal plan to shield the Great Lakes from invasive carp.
INDIANA Jeffersonville: Mayor Mike Moore says the impending closure of barge and towboat manufacturer Jeffboat could open riverfront property to new development.
IOWA Des Moines: Three firms were offered licenses to run medical marijuana dispensaries in Council Bluffs, Sioux City, Davenport, Waterloo and Windsor Heights.
KANSAS Hutchinson: A new bill would let the State Fair leave Hutchinson after more than 100 years.
KENTUCKY Elizabethtown: Authorities say a suspect in a death investigation was fatally shot by police Wednesday at a high school.
LOUISIANA Shreveport: Renovations will close the RiverView Theater and Hall from June 2018 to June 2019, the Shreveport Times reports.
MAINE Minot: A former school bus driver who was fired for making racist and sexist comments has been elected to the school board.
MARYLAND Annapolis: Legislators approved a bill that would automatically register people to vote unless they decline or are ineligible.
MASSACHUSETTS Boston: Winthrop police officer Judy Racow was awarded more than $2 million in a sexual discrimination lawsuit.
MICHIGAN Detroit: Wayne State University officials approved a plan to create a $65 million performance complex in Detroit’s Midtown area.
MINNESOTA Waite Park: Police say Scott Staska, the superintendent of Rocori schools, has publicly exposed himself at least 16 times at gas stations and a clothing store.
MISSISSIPPI Hattiesburg: Jeff, a 2-year-old pet wallaby, found his way home Wednesday after being missing for over two weeks.
MISSOURI Jefferson City: The state House has given initial approval to a bill that would allow chiropractors to get Medicaid reimbursements.
MONTANA Missoula: University of Montana researchers say the 2017 fires likely cost Montana about $240 million in visitor spending.
NEBRASKA Lincoln: Lawmakers have advanced a bill allowing for 65 mph speed limits on certain fourlane roads and 70 mph on others.
NEVADA Las Vegas: Casino gambling revenues topped the $1 billion mark in February.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Dover: Parking officials have voted to approve a deal with Tesla to install two charging stations in a parking garage.
NEW JERSEY Rahway: A fire chief who retired shortly after a drunken driving arrest will be paid more than $160,000 for unused sick time.
NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: Native American artists oppose more regulations on sales of their jewelry at Palace of the Governors museum.
NEW YORK Hempstead: Some Hofstra University students want a Thomas Jefferson statue removed because Jefferson owned slaves.
NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: The elections board certified the Green Party, so its candidates will be on state ballots through at least 2020.
NORTH DAKOTA Mayville: Brian Van Horn has been named president of Mayville State University.
OHIO Hamilton: A 12-year-old girl and 13-year-old boy charged with sending explicit photos from their phones pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and were put on probation.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: The state Board of Corrections will ask lawmakers for nearly $9 million to get through the next three months.
OREGON Portland: City police still keep an informal list of active gang members despite discontinuing a formal designation last year.
PENNSYLVANIA York: Ivan Flan- scha and Zachary Anthony, two firefighters killed on the job last week, were honored in a memorial service that drew thousands.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: A new bill would make non-disclosure agreements non-binding in sexual harassment cases.
SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: Stevi J. Price is the state trooper of the year for 2017. She is thought to be the first woman to win the honor.
SOUTH DAKOTA Spearfish: The state Board of Regents voted to raise tuition and fees at the state’s six public universities by an average of 3%.
TENNESSEE Nashville: The state Senate passed a bill to shrink the University of Tennessee’s board of trustees from 27 members to 11.
TEXAS Lubbock: The Cooper High School band’s booster club plans to raffle of two semi-automatic weapons similar to one used last month in the Parkland, Fla., school shooting.
UTAH Salt Lake City: Despite safety concerns, a recreational ax-throwing venue will get a license to serve beer.
VERMONT Montpelier: Officials are investigating after Vermont's 911 system failed for nearly an hour last week. Eleven emergency calls failed.
VIRGINIA Norfolk: Gov. Ralph Northam and his wife have put their Norfolk home up for sale for $829,000.
WASHINGTON Olympia: Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a measure banning conversion therapy.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Tolls may be going up on the West Virginia Turnpike. One option would raise the $2 toll at each stop to $4.
WISCONSIN Milwaukee: Mayor Tom Barrett wants the Democratic National Committee to consider the city for the party’s 2020 convention.
WYOMING Jackson: A 30-year-old skier was critically injured after falling over 1,000 feet when a snow ledge he was standing on gave way.