STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA
Huntsville: Blue Origin’s booster engine to power a new United Launch Alliance orbital rocket will be built in Alabama.
ALASKA
Anchorage: A Knoxville, Tennessee, man was killed and his passenger seriously injured when their Jeep Cherokee hit a moose.
ARIZONA
Phoenix: The state Board of Regents approved a $150,000 bonus for Arizona State University President Michael Crow.
ARKANSAS
Little Rock: Public Consulting Group, based in Boston, will grade the more than 200 applications for Arkansas’ first medical marijuana dispensary licenses.
CALIFORNIA
San Jose: A Fitbit that showed a woman’s heartbeat rapidly falling led police to a suspect in her slaying: her 90-year-old stepfather.
COLORADO
Denver: Officials say the last flu season was the worst on record, with 4,650 residents hospitalized.
CONNECTICUT
New Britain: The Common Council has voted to change the name of Paul Manafort Sr. Drive.
DELAWARE
Dover: The state Supreme Court has upheld a ruling in favor of Delaware State Police in a lawsuit filed by Keith Schueller, who was shot by a trooper in 2013.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:
The general manager of Washington’s troubled Metro system has received a nearly 10 percent raise, over objections.
FLORIDA
Lakeland: The Publix grocery store chain is expanding its headquarters and adding 700 jobs over the next decade.
GEORGIA
Atlanta: A $2.7 billion expansion by the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority would build light rail along the Atlanta Beltline.
HAWAII
Honolulu: A state panel has approved amended rules prohibiting “dangerous, wild animals” from performances, carnivals or circuses.
IDAHO
Lewiston: Jackson Sundown, a Nez Perce man who won the Pendle- ton Round-Up in 1916, will be inducted into the Idaho Rodeo Hall of Fame on Oct. 20.
ILLINOIS
Markham: A felon barred from office after winning Markham’s mayoral race in 2017 was sworn in after Gov. Bruce Rauner intervened on his behalf.
INDIANA
Frankfort: An 18-year-old woman who authorities said was driving 107 mph last year when her car hit a house, pleaded guilty to two counts of reckless homicide.
IOWA
Des Moines: Iowa’s pig population has reached a record 23.6 million.
KANSAS
Lawrence: The University of Kansas plans to cut $20 million from its budget.
KENTUCKY
Louisville: Kentucky’s bourbon distilleries boosted inventory to 7.5 million barrels last year, the highest volume since 1972.
LOUISIANA
New Orleans: The city has been awarded a $6.3 million Federal Transit Administration grant for 17 new buses.
MAINE
Portland: Maine Medical Center wants to build a six-story building in an expansion.
MARYLAND
Ocean Pines: The town is calling on border collies to chase geese off the land.
MASSACHUSETTS
Lawrence: A $1 million fund has been set up for businesses affected by a series of natural gas explosions and fires.
MICHIGAN
East Lansing: Reports of sexual misconduct have increased at Michigan State University.
MINNESOTA
St. Paul: The city will pay $520,000 to a woman who was attacked by a police dog as she took out her trash.
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson: The state prison system is creating stressreduction rooms for employees.
MISSOURI
Kansas City: About 100 North American game birds were sent from Wisconsin to Missouri as part of an effort to restore Missouri’s ruffed grouse population.
MONTANA
Missoula: The University of Montana faces $5 million in budget cuts.
NEBRASKA
Omaha: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants to drain Glenn Cunningham Lake to kill off invasive zebra mussel and common carp species.
NEVADA
Reno: An executive with a bike-rental company says Reno destroys its rental bikes at twice the rate of other cities.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Hanover: Dartmouth College will move murals that offended Native American students to off-campus storage.
NEW JERSEY
Trenton: The state Supreme Court removed a state Superior Court judge from office because she abused her power by interfering in a custody dispute.
NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces: Valerie Jarrett, a former adviser to President Barack Obama, will speak at New Mexico State University’s Women’s Leadership Salon.
NEW YORK
New York City: A woman who says she went blind after doctors at a Brooklyn hospital failed to diagnose her glaucoma won $15 million in a malpractice lawsuit.
NORTH CAROLINA
Raleigh: An opioid task force arrested 76 people on drug charges in a sweep of traffickers on tribal land.
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo: Wheat production this year is estimated to be up from a drought-plagued 2017.
OHIO
Columbus: An FBI task force is taking over an investigation of the police department’s vice squad.
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City: The federal government will recognize Oklahoma driver’s licenses and ID cards for at least another year.
OREGON
Portland: Authorities say a baggage handler at the city’s airport stole six guns from checked luggage.
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia: Just 23 branches of Philadelphia’s public libraries will be open on Saturdays this fall because of a lack of funding.
RHODE ISLAND
Cranston: Air Force Lt. Col. Fredric Moore Mellor, who was shot down over Vietnam in 1965, was finally laid to rest.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Travelers Rest: An Airbnb host could face prison time after a couple found a hidden camera in their bedroom, police say.
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls: The city is just 4 inches short of its record rainfall for a year, 38.3 inches in 2010.
TENNESSEE
Murfreesboro: A 50year-old kindergarten teacher is one of six people accused of attempting to smuggle drugs into a jail.
TEXAS
Houston: Texas voter rolls have grown 1.6 million since 2014 to a record 15.6 million people.
UTAH
Saratoga Springs: A pilot escaped injury when his small plane crashed as he tried to land on an exposed part of the bed of Utah Lake.
VERMONT
Burlington: The city is phasing out cashiers at its three parking garages and replacing them with “Pay on Foot” stations.
VIRGINIA
Mount Vernon: George Washington’s Mount Vernon purchased a 1679 edition of The Compleat Surveyor by William Leybourn.
WASHINGTON
Kennewick: A Pasco man died hours after a police officer tried to use a stun gun on him.
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston: The West Virginia Lottery says sports betting at two casinos has been delayed.
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee: Komatsu Mining Corp. will build a headquarters and manufacturing campus in the city, bringing about 440 jobs.
WYOMING
Pinedale: Firefighters say a wildfire that destroyed 55 homes was caused by an abandoned warming fire.