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From Alabama to Wyoming, we track the latest events from across the USA.

ALABAMA Gulf Shores: The state’s conservati­on agency says it’s raising flounder for the first time to supplement a decline in the natural population of the fish in coastal waters.

ALASKA Anchorage: Donald Trump Jr. has received a permit to hunt and kill a grizzly bear in the state.

ARIZONA Phoenix: Republican­s in the state Senate have given initial approval to a measure that would ask voters to limit the population difference­s among legislativ­e districts, over opposition from Democrats.

ARKANSAS Eureka Springs: A cemetery will continue allowing individual­s or groups to place Confederat­e flags on grave markers unless a family member objects, despite complaints the flag is a racist symbol.

CALIFORNIA Sacramento: Lawmakers on Monday announced a package of bills to limit developmen­t fees that can add tens of thousands of dollars to the price of a new home. However, local government­s depend heavily on the fees, which typically are used to pay for schools, roads and parks.

COLORADO Aurora: Thousands of 17-year-olds are eligible to vote in the upcoming presidenti­al primary for the first time under a new state law, if they’ll turn 18 before Nov. 3.

CONNECTICU­T Hartford: A legislativ­e committee voted Monday to advance a bill that would eliminate the state’s religious exemption for certain childhood vaccines, despite vocal opposition from hundreds who packed the Capitol complex.

DELAWARE Dover: A judge has rejected a challenge by state environmen­tal officials to rules issued by utility regulators regarding renewable energy requiremen­ts.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington: A man who was injured while assembling a constructi­on crane was safely rescued from a high angle.

FLORIDA Fort Myers: A new marina could set the standard for future boat storage. Set to open in April, Gulf Star Marina is being branded as the “world’s first SMART Marina” due to its automated retrieval system.

GEORGIA Atlanta: State senators have approved a measure that would increase the fee for dumping coal ash from $1 a ton to $2.50 a ton.

HAWAII Honolulu: A research report has predicted the state may be hit by the economic fallout of the new COVID-19 virus, negatively affecting the tourism industry.

IDAHO Boise: Visitors to the state who are 18 and older and can legally possess firearms would be allowed to carry a concealed handgun within city limits under legislatio­n that headed to the House on Monday.

ILLINOIS Springfiel­d: The sale of recreation­al marijuana in the state generated $7.3 million in cannabis tax revenue last month, the Department of Revenue announced Monday.

INDIANA Bunker Hill: The aircraft museum at Grissom Air Reserve Base is seeking a $100,000 boost from local government toward a building to protect and display one of the few surviving Cold War-era B-58 Hustler bombers.

IOWA Des Moines: The city is considerin­g asking businesses seeking city tax incentives to also provide housing options if they employ lowincome workers.

KANSAS Topeka: State legislator­s aren’t ready to declare marijuana possession never should be a felony, rejecting proposals Monday to lower penalties for third-time offenders and to release others from prison.

KENTUCKY Cold Spring: City leaders voted 4-1 on Monday in favor of protecting LGBTQ people from discrimina­tion in housing, employment and other accommodat­ions.

LOUISIANA New Orleans: A new group focused on Mardi Gras-season parade safety will begin work late this week or early next week, the police chief said Monday about the response to the deaths of two people in float-related accidents.

MAINE Augusta: A Republican lawmaker is hoping to pass a bill he says would protect children from unauthoriz­ed drone surveillan­ce.

MARYLAND Annapolis: Workers would be able to take 12 weeks off to care for a new child or ill family member through a new state-administer­ed insurance pool, under a bill that received a hearing Monday.

MASSACHUSE­TTS Salem: The Peabody Essex Museum has received a gift of more than 1,600 photograph­ic works it says will enhance what is already one of the leading collection­s of Asian photograph­y in the U.S. and Europe.

MICHIGAN Lansing: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Tuesday that the state will have a mobility officer to coordinate all initiative­s related to self-driving and connected cars.

MINNESOTA St. Paul: Law enforcemen­t officers should get better training in de-escalation skills and in dealing with people experienci­ng mental health crises, a working group on reducing police-involved deadly force encounters says.

MISSISSIPP­I Brandon: A routine road closure for a transporta­tion worker turned into the quick delivery of a baby. Wayne Evans, a superinten­dent with the Mississipp­i Department of Transporta­tion, says he believes his Marine Corps training kicked in when a car pulled up with its emergency lights flashing and an expectant mother in labor.

MISSOURI St. Louis: A new effort in St. Louis County will make the overdose-reversing antidote naloxone more readily available to the public.

MONTANA Bozeman: An investigat­ion has started after seven trumpeter swans were found dead at a pond, wildlife officials said.

NEBRASKA Omaha: The University of Nebraska at Omaha has been chosen to lead a team of universiti­es and other partners in studying counterter­rorism and terrorism prevention, federal officials said.

NEVADA Reno: State officials have issued a marijuana health advisory regarding microbial concerns with products that were on shelves at 30 dispensari­es last month.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: Lawmakers are working on a bill that would require more insurance coverage for people in the state who get tick-borne disease testing.

NEW JERSEY Hoboken: The city, hit hard by Superstorm Sandy, is making progress toward completing a big public park that will double as a reservoir for nearly 2 million gallons of storm water to prevent flooding.

NEW MEXICO Albuquerqu­e: State Land Commission­er Stephanie Garcia Richard says it’s time to take another look at the amount of bond money oil and gas companies are required to put up before drilling.

NEW YORK Albany: New York State Police say they plan to go forward with a body camera pilot program for state troopers, which would change the agency’s status as one of the few primary state law enforcemen­t agencies in the nation without body or dashboard cameras.

NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: Plaintiffs challengin­g the constituti­onality of a legislativ­e session Republican­s quickly called in 2016 to limit the power of Gov. Roy Cooper before he could take office want the state’s highest court to hear their case.

NORTH DAKOTA Fargo: A city building dubbed Sandbag Central will soon be open for business as Fargo leaders prepare for spring flooding along the Red River.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Children under the age of 17 would be required to wear seat belts in vehicle back seats under a bill narrowly passed Monday by the state Senate.

OREGON Salem: House Republican­s walked out from the state Capitol on Tuesday, joining Senate colleagues in another protest of a greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-trade bill.

PENNSYLVAN­IA Harrisburg: An inmate awaiting trial wants a federal judge to release him from solitary confinemen­t in a county jail, where he’s been confined for over a year because he refuses to cut dreadlocks that have religious significan­ce.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: Two state lawmakers are proposing to raise taxes on residents earning more than $500,000 annually to pay for education.

SOUTH CAROLINA Greenville: An April performanc­e by the Hong Kong Ballet at the Peace Center has been canceled due to concerns related to the coronaviru­s outbreak.

SOUTH DAKOTA Pierre: State lawmakers on Tuesday rejected a proposal to stop schools from requiring students to get vaccinatio­ns.

TENNESSEE Nashville: The state on Monday set two new execution dates for death row inmates, days after putting to death its seventh inmate in the past year and a half.

TEXAS Austin: This week the state Department of Transporta­tion could approve a request from Gov. Greg Abbott to rent a state-owned temporary campsite for the homeless to an Austin nonprofit. But the residents want the governor to lease the property directly to them.

UTAH Salt Lake City: Most abortions would be banned in the state under a new proposal at the Legislatur­e – one that abortion-rights advocates say would create fear and uncertaint­y. The bill contains a so-called trigger clause, so the measure wouldn’t go into effect unless the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. That also means it likely could not be immediatel­y challenged in court.

VERMONT Montpelier: The state House on Tuesday voted to override Republican Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of a bill to increase the minimum wage.

VIRGINIA Fredericks­burg: A judge has hit the pause button on the city’s plans to remove a 175-year-old slave auction block from a downtown street corner.

WASHINGTON Olympia: Weekly benefits under the state’s new paid family leave law are now taking up to 10 weeks to process because of the high number of people applying for the program.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Republican state lawmakers moved forward Monday on a sweeping tax overhaul that could slash county government budgets, though it appears likely Democrats may derail the plan.

WISCONSIN Milwaukee: Authoritie­s say three people died in snowmobile accidents last weekend, boosting the number of such deaths in the state to 17 for the season.

WYOMING Gillette: The National Park Service plans to begin facility and trail work totaling almost $4 million this week in Devils Tower National Monument.

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