STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Birmingham: A tuberculosis case was confirmed at Green Acres Middle School, but the risk of exposure to the disease has ended.
ALASKA Anchorage: Gov. Bill Walker called for lawmakers to look into expunging criminal records for good behavior.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: A planned bike-sharing program in the city is likely delayed until spring 2019. Officials haven’t signed a contract of how the program will run, the Arkansas
Democrat-Gazette reports.
CALIFORNIA Riverside: Riverside County’s animal services director is urging motorists to refrain from trying to rescue animals that get onto freeways.
COLORADO Denver: A bill to accelerate construction of high-speed broadband internet service in rural Colorado is now law.
CONNECTICUT Hartford: State Comptroller Kevin Lembo says the state is on track to end the fiscal year June 30 with a $197.7 million deficit, but the final figure depends upon tax receipts collected in April.
DELAWARE Wilmington: Protesters who oppose the dismantling of a Delaware city’s transit hub crashed a press conference held by the city’s largest developer, which advocated for the buses’ removal, The News
Journal reported.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: About a fifth of the Yoshino cherry trees along the Tidal Basin are at full bloom, but expected strong winds this week could wreak havoc on the newborn blossoms, WTOP radio reports.
FLORIDA Orlando: SeaWorld officials say an orca at the theme park suffered a tear to her dorsal fin while interacting with other animals in her pod.
GEORGIA Lawrenceville: Police say a Gwinnett County woman and her lover are charged with killing the woman’s husband for a $1 million insurance policy.
HAWAII Honolulu: Three people were injured after a fire and explosion at Palolo housing complex. One person was critically injured, the Honolulu Star Advertiser reports.
IDAHO Nampa: The Police Department fired an officer charged with filing a false report to get prescription medication.
ILLINOIS Wilmington: Visitors to the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie will soon be able to go on guided hikes to look for bison.
INDIANA East Chicago: A contaminated public housing complex has started to be demolished. About 300 families were forced from the area after 2016 tests found high lead levels in blood samples of some children and soil tests were significantly above the federal safety standard. The complex was built on a site previously occupied by a lead-products factory.
IOWA Des Moines: The GOP-controlled House has approved a bill that would withhold state funding from local governments that don’t comply with immigration laws.
KANSAS Topeka: The state says it collected
$39.5 million more in taxes than it expected in March to make it the 10th consecutive month revenues were greater than anticipated.
KENTUCKY Louisville: The University of Louisville hired Neeli Bendapudi – a provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of Kansas – as its 18th president.
LOUISIANA Lafayette: LHC Group has become the second-largest home health care provider in the nation with the completion of its $850 million acquisition of Kentuckybased Almost Family.
MAINE Augusta: Gov. Paul LePage wants more federal funds used to help unemployed Mainers shifted to job training.
MARYLAND Baltimore: The Baltimore City Democratic Central Committee will hold interviews and vote April 17 for former state senator Nathaniel Oaks’ replacement, The
Sun reported. Oaks’ who resigned and has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges, will remain on the ballot for the June 26 Democratic primary.
MASSACHUSETTS Boston: The 2018 spring turkey hunting season opens April 30 and runs through May 26. Hunting hours will begin half an hour before sunrise, and end at noon. Hunters must have a 2018 hunting or sporting license and a wild turkey hunting permit. MICHIGAN Watertown Township: A man was charged in the slayings of his two landlords in a possible dispute over unpaid rent. Adam Balcer’s bond was set at $2 million. MINNESOTA St. Paul: A Wisconsin woman who crashed while reaching down for her cellphone was sentenced to the maximum 90 days in jail in the May 2016 death of a Minnesota woman.
MISSISSIPPI Utica: A worker died after falling from a cell phone tower.
MISSOURI Jefferson City: The state House has passed legislation to require parents receiving food stamps to comply with work requirements or face losing benefits.
MONTANA Billings: The Sheridan County Sheriff ’s Office is investigating an apparent “joyride” through a town cemetery. Sheriff Heidi Williamson is encouraging people to call the office if they discover that their loved one’s grave was damaged.
NEBRASKA Lincoln: Lawmakers passed a budget bill on Tuesday that would prevent health clinics from receiving Title X federal funding if they perform, counsel in favor of or refer patients to abortion services.
NEVADA Las Vegas: Police say a naked man broke into a home and eventually got onto the roof and refused to come down. SWAT negotiators were called and the man was later taken into custody.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: Three people have filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent a planned three-day country music concert at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, citing a 1989 agreement that prohibits owners from hosting concerts that aren’t tied to racing events.
NEW JERSEY Trenton: State environmental officials are giving away 90,000 tree seedlings to residents as part of a program begun after Superstorm Sandy in 2012.
NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: Nearly 51,000 patients are now participating in New Mexico’s medical marijuana program, the state Health Department says.
NEW YORK East Durham: Investigators are working to determine what caused a fire that killed three children and their grandparents. NORTH CAROLINA Fayetteville: Authorities say one person is dead after a car being driven by a 15-yearold collided with another one at an intersection.
NORTH DAKOTA Minot: The city will spend an estimated $600,000 to move a 119-year-old house across a street to make way for a flood protection project.
OHIO Columbus: Attorney Gloria Allred has agreed to represent three women who lost eggs when an Ohio fertility clinic storage tank malfunctioned.
OKLAHOMA Shawnee: A puppy that belonged to a 22-year-old police officer killed in the line of duty last year is now certified to work as a canine officer.
OREGON Bend: Deputies arrested a woman accused of striking her father with a car and then pepper-spraying him twice. Emmy Gilbert, 28, was booked into jail on charges of assault, unlawful use of pepper spray and other crimes.
PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg: Court officials say distracted driving citations in Pennsylvania jumped by 52% last year and have increased 172% since 2013.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: Money paid to state police officers for overtime and road details totaled $5.6 million between July 2016 and June 2017. WPRO-AM reports. The state Police say they are reviewing the overtime policies.
SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: Department of Transportation officials say a project started two years ago to widen Interstate 77 is close to being completed.
SOUTH DAKOTA Pierre: Federal prosecutors say three Mission men were sentenced for breaking into homes and trading stolen guns for methamphetamine.
TENNESSEE Nashville: A bill that would arm some schoolteachers has failed.
TEXAS Forth Worth: PFP Enterprises recalled nearly four tons of raw beef wrongly produced and packaged without federal inspection.
UTAH Provo: Volunteer Rock art activists spent Easter weekend sitting at shooting sites to protect ancient petroglyph etchings on Lake Mountain from being damaged by shooters,
The Daily Herald reports.
VERMONT Montpelier: Gov. Phil Scott says experience in education isn’t necessarily a requirement for the state’s next secretary of education. The governor wants someone who has “experience managing complex issues.” Rebecca Holcombe’s resignation was announced last week.
VIRGINIA Buena Vista: Police Officer Jacob Moore rushed into a burning home and rescued a retired couple, then ran back into the blaze to save their dog, Zoey.
WASHINGTON Wapato: A state audit found the city failed to comply with state financial laws, regulations and its own policies when it mismanaged public funds, the Yakima Herald
Republic reports.
WEST VIRGINIA Lewisburg: United Airlines operated by SkyWest is offering flights from the Greenbrier Valley Airport to Washington-Dulles International Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport, according to WVVA-TV.
WISCONSIN Madison: A man was charged with intoxicated driving after police found him passed out in the driver’s seat of a running car with his foot on the brake.
WYOMING Cheyenne: The Department of Education is forging ahead with efforts to offer computer science to every K-12 student in the state.