STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Montgomery: Gov. Kay Ivey will not attend two upcoming debates in the race for governor, drawing criticism from her rivals.
ALASKA Anchorage: Officials say a man was injured when a moose he kicked to get out of the way on a trail stomped his foot in return, KTVA-TV reports.
ARIZONA Clint’s Well: The C.C. Cragin Reservoir that’s popular for kayaking and fishing is closed because its level has dropped to 22%.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: Another $10 million in federal funding will allow a full cleanup of the Southwest Experimental Fast Oxide Reactor site, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports.
CALIFORNIA Los Angeles: The city Airport Commission has approved a nearly $5 billion contract to build an Automated People Mover to carry passengers, City News Service says.
COLORADO Denver: State officials say the Department of Transportation is back to 80% functionality after a computer virus forced its back-end operations offline, The Denver Post reports.
CONNECTICUT Stratford: Police say a school bus driver is charged with buying and selling heroin but that no children were aboard during the transactions.
DELAWARE Dover: Gov. John Carney’s administration has announced an initiative aimed at helping at-risk children, spearheaded by his wife.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: A streetcar bridge that’s the last of its kind still standing in Washington could be torn down, WTOP-FM reports. The Foundry Branch Trolley Trestle is in danger of falling.
FLORIDA Tallahassee: John Parker, a Democratic National Committee member, is resigning after criticism he used the phrase “colored people” at a party meeting.
GEORGIA Atlanta: A man who lost his job is suing his ex-boss for listening in on his conversation with his wife when he accidentally “pocket-dialed” his boss and talked about him.
HAWAII Honolulu: The Hawaii Tourism Authority has refused a $6 million offer from the Ultimate Fighting Championship to bring an event to the islands.
IDAHO Boise: Fines paid by the Department of Energy to the state for missing a deadline to get radioactive liquid waste out of underground storage tanks have passed $3.5 million.
ILLINOIS Newton: Conservation officers say five federally protected American White Pelicans were shot dead in Newton Lake.
INDIANA Richmond: A monument honoring 41 people killed by natural gas explosions that rocked this city was unveiled on the disaster’s 50th anniversary, The Palladium-Item reports. The names of the victims were read aloud.
IOWA Cedar Rapids: A woman faces fraud charges for allegedly stealing $175,000 from her now-dead fiancè, a Navy SEAL, and his elderly mother.
KANSAS Topeka: Kansas is changing how it distributes vehicle license plates. Officials say instead of keeping an inventory in stock at motor vehicle offices, plates will be printed on demand and sent to car owners.
KENTUCKY Leitchfield: Republican state Sen. Stephen Meredith apologized and deleted his Twitter account after a tweet that appeared to criticize teachers.
LOUISIANA Ponchatoula: Authorities found seven rifles, eight pistols and two shotguns plus thousands of rounds of ammunition in the home of a convicted felon who’s banned from possessing firearms, The Advocate reports.
MAINE Portland: State officials say the number of tourists visiting Maine reached a five-year high last year, but tourist spending barely increased by just 0.4%.
MARYLAND Baltimore: The renovation of Baltimore’s Harborplace shopping center is finishing, three years after it was expected to end.
MASSACHUSETTS Fall River: A former treasurer for a union representing public employees in several communities pleaded guilty to stealing more than $60,000 from the union.
MICHIGAN Saginaw: The Rev. Robert DeLand, a Catholic priest who was charged in February with criminal sexual conduct, faces new charges.
MINNESOTA St. Paul: Mzenga Wanyama, an Augsburg University professor who faces deportation to Kenya, says immigration officials have given him 90 days to show he has a path to regain his legal status.
MISSISSIPPI Long Beach: Construction is underway to convert a building into student housing near the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Park campus, WLOX-TV says.
MISSOURI Springfield: A faculty member at Evangel University died after suffering a medical emergency while leading seven students on a spring break trip to Scotland, The Springfield News-Leader reports. Donna Trower was 59.
MONTANA Helena: Helena Industries that provides services for hundreds of state residents with disabilities says it will close Friday.
NEBRASKA Friend: The cashstrapped Friend Community Healthcare System is seeking $800,000 in a bond issue to keep its Medicare funding and remain open, The Lincoln Journal Star reports.
NEVADA Reno: The Department of Transportation has awarded more than $6 million to improve bus service in Las Vegas, Carson City and at the Pyramid Lake Paiute tribal reservation.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Waterville Valley: The Cannon Mountain, Loon Mountain, Mount Sunapee, Bretton Woods and Waterville Valley ski resorts plan to stay open through at least April 15 due to strong snow conditions.
NEW JERSEY Trenton: State lawmakers are working on a $300 million annual financial rescue package for New Jersey’s nuclear power industry.
NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: Documents show that a state lawmaker running for Congress failed to disclose that her real estate firm earned nearly $500,000 in state rent contracts.
NEW YORK New York: Police continue to search for two thieves who stole nearly $350,000 from a Bronx Target on March 26.
NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: Nearly 23% of the state’s teachers used 10 or more non-consecutive sick days in the last school year.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: Ten people have applied for two seats that will open this summer on the state Board of Higher Education. The board oversees the 11 public colleges and universities in North Dakota.
OHIO Toledo: The Ohio Civil Rights Commission says General Motors didn’t do enough after nooses and racist graffiti were discovered at its transmission plant in Toledo.
OKLAHOMA Newcastle: Authorities say a man hunting for mushrooms found skeletal human remains near the Oklahoma City line. An anthropologist with the state medical examiner’s office is assisting with the investigation.
OREGON Portland: Authorities are searching for a Yorkshire terrier puppy that’s been missing since its owner’s car was stolen from a hospital parking garage, The Oregonian reports. The car was found abandoned at a shopping center two days later.
PENNSYLVANIA Allentown: George Hopkins, longtime leader of a champion drum and bugle corps, The Cadets, resigned after Philly.com reported allegations of sexual misconduct from nine women. He denied wrongdoing.
RHODE ISLAND Coventry: Police have recovered a Chinese coin collection reported stolen seven years ago from Cranston Mayor Allan Fung.
SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: Ginger the giraffe gave birth to a healthy female calf at Riverbanks Zoo. The baby weighed 93 pounds and stood at 5 feet 7 inches at birth.
SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City: Some ranchers are complaining that data used to determine their eligibility for federal drought aid is inaccurate because it comes from weather stations too far away from their land, the Rapid City Journal reports.
TENNESSEE Nashville: A resolution to change the Tennessee Constitution to say that God, not government, is the source of liberty for the state’s citizens is gaining momentum in the legislature.
TEXAS Mansfield: Authorities advised residents to stay at home after a fire erupted at a chemical recycling plant near Fort Worth. There were no injury reports.
UTAH Ogden: Documents show that an evidence technician fired in January acknowledged using methamphetamine seized in Weber County Sheriff ’s Office investigations, The Standard-Examiner reports.
VERMONT Montpelier: Lawmakers are considering legislation that would soften criminal penalties for the possession of heroin and other drugs.
VIRGINIA Charlottesville: Morgan Hopkins, arrested for exposing her breasts during August’s white nationalist rally, has filed a lawsuit against city police and arresting officers, although her indecent exposure charge was dropped.
WASHINGTON Port Angeles: City officials have approved a measure banning plastic bags commonly used for carryout from stores, The Peninsula Daily News reports.
WEST VIRGINIA Beckley: The state Parkways Authority has given initial approval to a plan to double the tolls on the turnpike to $4.
WISCONSIN Madison: A plan to merge the University of Wisconsin System’s two- and four-year schools is challenging and likely won’t be complete until the end of 2019.
WYOMING Laramie: The University of Wyoming enrolled more than 1,000 new transfer students, many from the state’s seven community colleges, for the fall 2017 semester.