STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Montgomery: U.S. District Judge Madeline Hughes Haikala has ordered Cullman County to change bail procedures after finding that it is unconstitutional to detain people because they can’t pay.
ALASKA Anchorage: State and federal wildlife officials have apologized to Alaska Natives for the enforcement of migratory bird regulations. ARIZONA Grand Canyon National Park: A bat at the Grand Canyon has tested positive for rabies.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: The state Board of Education has approved moving the Arkansas Governor’s School to Arkansas Tech University.
CALIFORNIA San Francisco: Mary Daly was named president of the Federal Reserve Bank here.
COLORADO Denver: Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $7.2 billion contract to build 22 Global Positioning System satellites.
CONNECTICUT Farmington: The state’s chief medical examiner Dr. James Gill says fentanyl-related overdose deaths in the state are on pace to increase 9 percent this year.
DELAWARE New Castle: The state is closer to adopting electronic voting machines that incorporate a paper trail, Delaware State News reported.
The Humane Rescue Alliance in D.C. is urging people to adopt pets to make room for animals from Tropical Storm Florence, WTOP reported.
FLORIDA Fort Lauderdale: De Andre Smith, 23, has been sentenced to 92 years in prison after a jury found him guilty on eight federal charges.
GEORGIA Atlanta: Home sales in August were down 9.7 percent but prices were up 8.1 percent compared with a year ago, the Atlanta JournalConstitution reported.
HAWAII Honolulu: The Campaign Spending Commission fined more than 80 candidates for elected office for campaign finance violations.
IDAHO Boise: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Paulette Jordan’s campaign manager and communications director have resigned.
ILLINOIS Chicago: The owner of the Willis Tower unveiled a 300,000square-foot expansion, the Chicago Tribune reported.
INDIANA Indianapolis: State education officials say a $9 million grant from a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration program called Project AWARE.
IOWA Iowa City: The University of Iowa has agreed to pay $55,000 to settle a lawsuit that claimed its 2015 presidential search violated the state’s open meetings law.
KANSAS Kansas City : The University of Kansas Health System has received a $66 million donation.
KENTUCKY Lexington: Lindsey Banta Jarvis, a former school employee, has pleaded guilty to rape and sodomy charges.
LOUISIANA New Orleans: Edward Poitevent says his plans for a development are imperiled by the designation of 1,500 acres as critical habitat for the dusky gopher frog.
MAINE Augusta: State officials say a horse in York County has tested positive for the West Nile virus.
MARYLAND College Park: A group called “White Awake” at the University of Maryland is seeking to be a safe space for white students to discuss race. MASSACHUSETTS Springfield: MGM officials say attendance and revenues from their new casino are exceeding expectations.
MICHIGAN Traverse City: Free tours are available at three sites where Great Lakes salmon are collected.
MINNESOTA Faribault: Authorities seized just under 171 pounds of methamphetamine at a house.
MISSISSIPPI Jackson: Enrollment fell at the state’s eight public uni- versities and its 15 community colleges this fall.
MISSOURI Kansas City: Prosecutors say two bank tellers stole nearly $400,000 over at least five years, Kansas City Star reported.
MONTANA Kalispell: Wildlife officials say a freight train killed a grizzly bear near West Glacier.
NEBRASKA Omaha: Editorial staff at The Omaha World-Herald are considering forming a union.
NEVADA Carson City: Nevada’s imprisonment rate of 468 people per 100,000 residents is 15 percent higher than the national average.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: Lawmakers failed to override Gov. Sununu’s veto of a bill that would have abolished the death penalty.
NEW JERSEY Newark: A man caught on video shaving while riding on a train violated the rules, New Jersey Transit says.
NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: The poverty rate among children 5 and under improved last year.
NEW YORK Poughkeepsie: Marist College is teaming up with a health care company to open a medical school in 2022.
NORTH CAROLINA Greenville: Mittesh Das, convicted of sabotaging a computer program, has been sentenced to two years in prison and fined $1.5 million.
NORTH DAKOTA Grand Forks: The University of North Dakota is getting a $1 million anonymous donation for its accounting department.
OHIO Columbus: About 40 percent of public schools got an A or B overall on Ohio’s latest report cards.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: The new Coordinating Council on Poultry Growth will study the expansion of operations.
OREGON Portland: Nancy Crampton Brophy, 68, has been indicted for murder in her husband’s death.
PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh: The Penn Hills school district is canceling games against the Connellsville Area School District until accusations of racial slurs are investigated.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: Reports of bedbugs at the city’s main courthouse have raised alarm.
SOUTH CAROLINA Starr: Michelin's “U.S. 10” plant reopened with 100 employees, the Anderson Independent Mail reported.
SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City: Agnico Eagle Mines, which wants to reopen the Gilt Edge Mine, concedes that the move could disturb reclaimed areas, The Rapid City Journal reported.
TENNESSEE Nashville: News media are concerned with a legislative panel that the state code’s public record exemptions have grown to 553.
TEXAS Midland: Jose Abelardo Dominguez, a convicted online bookie in West Texas, must serve three years in federal prison and pay $7 million.
UTAH Ogden: Weber County authorities say miscommunication led to a murder suspect mistakenly making bail last month.
VERMONT Montpelier: The state plans to expand a high-speed broadband network under a deal with Kingdom Fiber.
VIRGINIA Elliston: Firefly Hill Vineyards lost more than 2 tons of grapes worth up to $25,000 in a theft.
WASHINGTON Olympia: The Out of the Darkness March drew hundreds of family members and friends.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: State officials canceled a contract to repair the state Capitol dome.
WISCONSIN Milwaukee: Habitat for Humanity workers are saving items from the Bradley Center.
WYOMING Casper: The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has purchased about a square mile of land that was the scene of skirmishes in the 1865 Battle of the Red Buttes.