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STATE-BY-STATE

- From staff and wire reports

ALABAMA Montgomery: State health officials say they’ve identified an Auburn University student with a case of pulmonary tuberculos­is.

ALASKA Sitka: Officials say a valve shut at a hatchery, killing over 1,000 young salmon, may be vandalism.

ARIZONA Glendale: The city plans to vote on a permanent American flag on the top of Thunderbir­d Mountain.

ARKANSAS Hot Springs: A water main hit by a stolen car, damaging the city’s water supply, is fixed.

CALIFORNIA Oakland: A deck detached from the second story of a house, injuring three people.

COLORADO Denver: Recreation­al marijuana sales in the state hit a record $106 million in March.

CONNECTICU­T New Britain: Mayor Erin Stewart is quitting the governor’s race to run for lieutenant governor.

DELAWARE Dover: The Division of Motor Vehicles will debut a new design for driver’s licenses next month.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: A judge upset by the mistaken release of jail inmates warned city correction­s officials their job isn’t “rocket science.”

FLORIDA Orlando: Sen. Bill Nelson says the state leads the nation in exploding Takata airbag deaths, with three, and injuries, with 83.

GEORGIA Fannin County: The school board has approved a plan to allow teachers to carry holstered firearms, but not in bags or purses.

HAWAII Kauai: Authoritie­s say a disease that has killed thousands of Big Island trees has spread to the Moloaa Forest Reserve in Kauai.

IDAHO Pocatello: State game officials have captured a mountain lion near the campus of Idaho State University.

ILLINOIS Chicago: Officials couldn’t find a link between food served at Shedd Aquarium and more than 100 illnesses reported by Andrew High School students attending a prom.

INDIANA Noblesvill­le: Authoritie­s say a man faces a charge of shooting a three-legged deer from his car on a public road. Local deer hunters had formed a pact to spare the doe.

IOWA Des Moines: A tiger, a snow leopard and two gazelles — one of which is named LeBron — are new additions to the Blank Park Zoo.

KANSAS Hutchinson: A man convicted of stealing more than $43,000 from his mentally disabled brother must pay restitutio­n.

KENTUCKY Lexington: Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Biden, will speak Tuesday at a summit to help rural youth prepare for college.

LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: Pornograph­ic films won’t be eligible for state film tax credits under a bill heading to the governor’s desk.

MAINE Portland: The Federal Transit Administra­tion is giving ferry operator Casco Bay Lines $6 million to replace an aging boat.

MARYLAND Salisbury: Officials say a woman was found with a loaded handgun at a regional airport.

MASSACHUSE­TTS Amherst: CNN anchor Jake Tapper addressed University of Massachuse­tts-Amherst graduates last week.

MICHIGAN Southfield: Security footage shows a BP gas station roof suddenly collapsing in the middle of the night. No one was hurt.

MINNESOTA Minneapoli­s: An investigat­ion by KARE-TV finds that most state schools don’t test buildings for radon. Guidelines suggest such tests every five years.

MISSISSIPP­I Jackson: Belhaven University recognized retiring provost Dan Fredericks with an honorary degree last weekend.

MISSOURI Wentzville: Several school districts are allowing businesses to advertise at sports and extracurri­cular events as a way to raise revenue without higher taxes.

MONTANA Missoula: The Clark Fork River began to recede Saturday

after its highest crest since 1908. NEBRASKA Lincoln: Authoritie­s say a man accused of stopping an Amtrak train by enabling an emergency brake is working on a plea deal.

NEVADA Carson City: For the new fiscal year, the state Labor Commission­er kept the minimum wage at

$7.25 hourly for workers with health benefits from their employer and

$8.25 for those with no benefits.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Meredith: The Republican Party considered platform changes at its state convention last weekend, but didn’t make any.

NEW JERSEY Oradell: Residents here are being warned about a possible sighting of a bobcat.

NEW MEXICO Clovis: Officials are taking applicatio­ns for the state’s sixth racetrack and casino license.

NEW YORK Huntington: Long Island’s First Church of Christ Scientist is up for sale along with its caretaker’s cottage and a parking lot.

NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: The state Supreme Court will stay out of the case of a man convicted of misdemeano­r child abuse for paddling his son who wouldn’t eat his dinner, then had the conviction reversed. NORTH DAKOTA Jamestown: Authoritie­s say the ex-husband of a woman who was fatally shot in a parking lot has turned himself in.

OHIO Wilberforc­e: An exhibit that explores the history of blacks in comic books opened over the weekend at the National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center.

OKLAHOMA Ardmore: A woman died after police say seven dogs attacked her. They were later euthanized at the owner’s request.

OREGON Merrill: The town is dedicating a new park to deceased Walt Disney animator Carl Barks, known for drawing Donald Duck.

PENNSYLVAN­IA Pittsburgh: Police rescued a woman straddling a bridge rail and preparing to jump.

RHODE one teachers ISLAND here Warwick: were told Seventy- they may not because be returning of program next cuts. school year

SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: Gov. Henry McMaster says the state is sending a helicopter and about nine Army National Guard soldiers to Texas to patrol the Mexican border.

SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City: A threemembe­r Army National Guard unit that spent nine months in Romania will return home Wednesday.

TENNESSEE Sparta: A man mowing his lawn was airlifted to a hospital after falling in a 30-foot trench.

TEXAS Liberty County: Lance Stephens caught an alligator measuring eight feet, four inches and weighing 264 pounds in the Trinity River.

UTAH Salt Lake City: A former worker at a residentia­l youth treatment facility is accused of assaulting a 16-year-old boy as part of an unofficial “fight club” at the school.

VERMONT Montpelier: Vermont Life, founded in 1946 to show the state’s virtues, has ended publicatio­n. There are no plans for an online version.

VIRGINIA Richmond: A federal appeals court panel upheld the death sentence of Carlos David Caro, an inmate who ate his cellmate’s breakfast, then killed him for complainin­g.

WASHINGTON Puyallup: A lawsuit blames a hospital for breaching duty of care after it issued a hepatitis C warning for 2,600 ER patients.

WEST VIRGINIA Beaver: A worker died in a constructi­on zone accident along Interstate 64 after another worker backed over him with a truck.

WISCONSIN Sheboygan: Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin says it will offer abortion services as part of a new clinic reopening in the town.

WYOMING Casper: Wyoming Symphony Orchestra conductor and music director Matthew Savery is calling it quits after a decade.

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