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STATE-BY-STATE

- From staff and wire reports

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.

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