Around the nation
News from every state.
ALABAMA Birmingham: The City Council will allow Mayor Randall L. Woodfin to enter a contract with Alabama Power for a pilot program to install nearly 100 surveillance cameras over the next three months.
ALASKA Juneau: The city’s syringe exchange program will shut down at the end of the year unless it can secure additional funding, the Juneau Empire reported.
ARIZONA Phoenix: Arizona will get $2.7 million as part of a nationwide settlement with Uber over its delay in reporting a data breach.
ARKANSAS Eureka Springs: The city is considering banning pet pigs.
CALIFORNIA Sacramento: Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a new law requiring that Californians undergo at least eight hours of training before carrying concealed weapons.
COLORADO Denver: City officials have removed storage lockers for homeless people after finding that people were living inside them.
CONNECTICUT Storrs: The University of Connecticut has agreed to sell its on-campus hotel to AJ Capital Partners for $8.3 million.
DELAWARE New Castle: The Delaware Academy of Public Safety and Security abruptly closed Tuesday.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Bicycles were splayed across the roadway through Dupont Circle in a vigil for a man killed while riding a scooter.
FLORIDA Tallahassee: The state will receive $8.2 million under the settlement of ride-hailing service Uber’s unreported data breach.
GEORGIA St. Simons Island: Filmmakers shot scenes for Stephen King’s “Doctor Sleep” on the beach, The Brunswick News reported.
HAWAII Honolulu: A housekeeper at the Royal Hawaiian hotel says she was assaulted by a guest.
IDAHO Coeur d’Alene: North Idaho College is considering adding two sports to its athletics programs.
ILLINOIS Chicago: The city is receiving more than $12.5 million in federal grants for improvements at Midway International Airport.
INDIANA Griffith: Town officials say about 97 percent of residents voted to secede from Calumet Township.
IOWA Dubuque: Historic statues have been refurbished and returned atop the county courthouse.
KANSAS Topeka: Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle was fined for her endorsement of Republican Kris Kobach because an employee used government equipment.
KENTUCKY Madisonville: The state Transportation Department is warning drivers to watch for deer as the animals become more active.
LOUISIANA Lake Charles: A weekend traffic stop of a tow truck resulted in the confiscation of about 63 pounds of cocaine.
MAINE Stacyville: Game wardens freed a hunter who stood atop his boat for 12 hours.
MARYLAND Baltimore: Friends School canceled its football season after only about 10 players tried out.
MASSACHUSETTS Lynn: City officials have temporarily banned two dockless bicycles programs.
MICHIGAN Ann Arbor: A study says every dollar spent on the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in its first seven years will generate an additional $3.35 of economic activity through 2036.
MINNESOTA Minneapolis: The City Council has approved a temporary site to house homeless people who have been living in tents.
MISSISSIPPI New Albany: Voters in the New Albany school district approved borrowing $8.5 million to make improvements to schools.
MISSOURI Springfield: The Springfield school district has agreed to pay $423,106 to Megan Taylor, who was injured in a mud pit at Kickapoo High School.
MONTANA Helena: The state is closing a women’s prerelease treatment center in Boulder.
NEBRASKA Lincoln: A proposal would require the Nebraska State Patrol to join Indian tribes and other agencies to examine violence against Native American women.
NEVADA Las Vegas: A former lawyer was given three months in jail for phony documents saying her prostitute clients completed counseling and community service.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: A 20year-old man was charged with voting in two states in 2016.
NEW JERSEY Lavallette: A new highway sign misspells the town’s name as Lavalette.
NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: A federal judge ordered the Santa Fe National Forest to consider how the management of roads and trails will affect the endangered Jemez Mountain salamander.
NEW YORK Albany: The state has made it illegal to bail on a bill at beauty shops and barbershops. NORTH CAROLINA Lumberton: An investigation found that Red Springs Police Chief Ronnie Patterson’s rental units held narcotics, firearms and police files.
NORTH DAKOTA Minot: The 41st Norsk Hostfest runs through Saturday at the State Fairgrounds.
OHIO Columbus: Hecate Energy hopes to build Ohio’s largest solar power plant near Mowrystown.
OKLAHOMA Tulsa: Public Service Company of Oklahoma is seeking an $88 million rate increase.
OREGON Bend: A city councilman seeking a state House seat has announced that he was still running despite a sexual misconduct allegation against him.
PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh: Denzel Washington held a fundraiser to mark the start of renovations at August Wilson’s childhood home.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: GOP state treasurer candidate Michael Riley, saying he faces long odds, asked supporters not to volunteer for or donate to his campaign.
SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: The Palmetto Health and Greenville Health hospital systems will be known as Prisma after they merge.
SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: A former manager of the Phillips Avenue Diner has been sentenced to jail for embezzling more than $25,000.
TENNESSEE Knoxville: University of Tennessee Medical Center and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have entered into a partnership.
TEXAS Houston: Harris County has earmarked $14.5 million for updated flood plain maps more than a year after Hurricane Harvey.
UTAH Salt Lake City: A judge ordered the state to pay $475,000 after it lost a fight over a law that banned serving alcohol during the film “Deadpool.”
VERMONT Bennington: Democratic state Rep. Kiah Morris, the subject of threats this year, has resigned.
VIRGINIA Richmond: Facebook is set spend an additional $750 million and build three 500,000 square-foot buildings in Henrico County.
WASHINGTON Seattle: Health officials say a recent salmonella outbreak has been linked to a deli at a Costco store in Issaquah.
WEST VIRGINIA Buckhannon: Police charged a couple with child neglect after officers said they found three children under age 4 in cages.
WISCONSIN Madison: The state Department of Natural Resources is loosening criteria for holding elk hunts.
WYOMING Cheyenne: A wildfire has destroyed more than 40 homes, and firefighters closed U.S. Highway 189/ 191 while they set back fires to try to stop the main fire’s spread.