50 States

ALABAMA Montgomery: A feared increase in the state’s coronavirus caseload after Labor Day get-togethers has yet to materialize two weeks after the holiday, leaving health officials cautiously optimistic.

ALASKA Anchorage: The state plans to allow online raffle-ticket sales for the first time to help nonprofits faced with limited fundraising opportunities amid coronavirus restrictions.

ARIZONA Phoenix: More school districts are bucking the state metrics in favor of fully reopening, to the chagrin of some families and educators. Most metro Phoenix districts are at a “yellow light” on the road to reopening schools for in-person instruction, which means health officials recommend a hybrid model of online and in-person learning. But demand from parents for in-person school is rising.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: The White House Coronavirus Task Force now says the state has the fourth-highest rate of new virus cases in the U.S.

CALIFORNIA Los Angeles: Hollywood’s unions announced Monday that they have reached an agreement on pandemic protocols with major studios that will allow the broad resumption of production of films and television after six months of stagnant sets and unemployment.

COLORADO Denver: Confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state have risen for the third consecutive week, reaching levels last registered at the end of July, health officials said. The University of Colorado Boulder said Monday that it would move to online classes for at least two weeks.

CONNECTICUT Hartford: Spring break at Connecticut’s four state universities has been canceled, and several public schools around the state were closed Monday because of the resurgence of the coronavirus.

DELAWARE Dover: Delaware first lady Tracey Quillen Carney and members of the End Childhood Hunger Task Force have awarded “First Chance” awards to people across the state who helped to keep feeding children when school buildings closed in the spring due to COVID-19.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington: A protest against the backdrop of the White House on Sunday night was silent but seething, as 15 demonstrators organized by the Democratic National Committee illuminated the words “Trump Lied 200,000+ Died” on the Ellipse, WUSA-TV reports.

FLORIDA Tallahassee: Gov. Ron DeSantis expressed concern during a Cabinet meeting Tuesday that the coronavirus crisis will continue to hurt small businesses and may disrupt commercial real estate even after it’s over. He said some businesses might realize after the pandemic that working at home could be a cost-saver. But he said society can’t shut down, and many people need to show up for work instead of working from home.

GEORGIA Athens: A group of tenured University of Georgia faculty members has called on UGA administrators to do more to prevent the spillover of COVID-19 infections from the university community to the people of Athens.

HAWAII Honolulu: The state plans to provide $10 million in grants for small businesses to manufacture personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic, officials said.

IDAHO Boise: School districts across the state vary widely when it comes to letting the public know about coronavirus cases in classrooms. An investigation by the Idaho Statesman reveals that districts across southwestern Idaho have wide-ranging levels of transparency. Some notify the public of each case in each school, while others only provide that information at the district level. Others don’t track coronavirus cases at all, instead relying on the local health department.

ILLINOIS Chicago: More than 5 million COVID-19 tests have been conducted in Illinois, a milestone state officials touted Monday. The state surpassed the mark Saturday, when it reported more than 74,000 tests, the highest in a 24-hour period.

INDIANA Indianapolis: A flood of unemployment claims related to the coronavirus pandemic has caused state officials to seek as much as $300 million in loans from the federal government.

IOWA Des Moines: The Des Moines School Board on Monday night set a date for returning to school but put off establishing a coronavirus infection rate that would force the district to revert to online-only instruction. The board agreed to gradually start a hybrid plan of in-person and online courses, starting with pre-kindergarten Oct. 12 and ending with high school Nov. 10.

KANSAS Topeka: Gov. Laura Kelly said Monday that she is increasingly concerned the state does not have the infrastructure and policies in place to stop a continuing increase in confirmed coronavirus cases.

KENTUCKY Frankfort: The state has applied for another round of supplemental unemployment payments for tens of thousands of people who lost work during the COVID-19 outbreak, Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday.

LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: Lawmakers announced Monday that they will convene a special session next week to address the nearbankruptcy of the state unemployment trust fund, work on Hurricane Laura recovery and try to scale back the governor’s emergency powers in the latest battle over Gov. John Bel Edwards’ coronavirus response.

MAINE Portland: The state plans to make about $95 million in coronavirus pandemic recovery grants available to businesses and nonprofit organizations.

MARYLAND Towson: Officials in Baltimore County say there could be as many as 24,000 eviction filings in a single month once the courts get back up to speed following the coronavirus-related closures. The Baltimore Sun reports county officials are setting aside assistance money to try to help renters.

MASSACHUSETTS Boston: The Massachusetts Teachers Association is accusing the state’s top education official of pressuring more than a dozen school districts for asking them to come up with plans for in-person learning.

MICHIGAN Ypsilanti: Eastern Michigan University will test campus wastewater for the coronavirus and other signs of infectious diseases.

MINNESOTA Minneapolis: The group that oversees high school sports in the state voted overwhelmingly Monday to restart football and volleyball, after deciding earlier to delay both sports until the spring because of the coronavirus.

MISSISSIPPI Jackson: Legislators will probably return to the Capitol before Oct. 5 to examine how the state is spending coronavirus relief money it received from the federal government, Republican House Speaker Philip Gunn said Monday.

MISSOURI O’Fallon: The mostly rural Bootheel region is seeing high numbers of confirmed cases of the coronavirus, but unlike many other hard-hit areas, the surge isn’t tied to any particular site or demographic.

MONTANA Billings: The Montana Coal Council has announced coal production across the state fell during the coronavirus pandemic.

NEBRASKA Omaha: Over 40% of coronavirus-linked deaths in the state have been at nursing homes, but the overall rate of deaths in Nebraska’s nursing homes has remained relatively low compared with national figures. The state has reported 18 deaths for every 1,000 nursing home residents, well below the national rate of 47.8 per 1,000.

NEVADA Las Vegas: A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign challenging the state’s new vote-by-mail law, saying the campaign failed to show how it could be harmed. The campaign had asked the judge to block a new Nevada law that calls for mail-in ballots to automatically be sent to all active voters, a move prompted by efforts to contain the coronavirus.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: Dartmouth College President Philip Hanlon said Tuesday that he is pleased with the school’s endowment return given how volatile the markets were in the second half of the year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: The U.S. Justice Department sided Monday with the father of a seventh grade prep school student in a lawsuit that challenges pandemic-related limits on classroom capacity at private schools in New Mexico as more restrictive than public school guidelines in terms of building capacity limits.

NEW YORK Albany: As COVID-19 ravaged the state’s nursing homes, 62 of the facilities were cited for violations of infection-control standards, federal and state data shows. A USA TODAY Network review found the most serious violations revealed how poorly trained workers mishandled COVID-19-contaminated food trays, linens, gowns and mop buckets, potentially spreading the respiratory disease among countless frail and elderly residents.

NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: Many in the restaurant industry are now turning to food trucks to help their business survive, and Wake Technical Community College is seeing a higher demand for classes that prepare students to take that leap.

NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: The state’s top health official has lifted a 14-day quarantine order for people returning from international travel.

OHIO Columbus: The day after President Donald Trump rallied supporters outside Dayton and Toledo, Gov. Mike DeWine emphasized that the state’s health orders don’t apply to political events because of First Amendment rights. Rallygoers behind the stage were largely masked, but thousands more in the crowds were maskless. Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, tapped to warm up the Dayton crowd, had displayed proTrump masks and encouraged people to wear face coverings while at the grocery store and in other public places. Husted was booed for that.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Four more inmate deaths may be the result of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections reported Tuesday.

OREGON Portland: Several businesses have threatened a class action lawsuit against the state over COVID-19 restrictions implemented by Gov. Kate Brown to slow the pandemic. A lawyer representing the businesses argues state officials should draft a plan to compensate small-business owners for financial hardship caused by those rules, The Oregonian/OregonianLive reports.

PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg: The state’s new coronavirus exposure-notification app is now available on app stores as part of an effort to more quickly break chains of transmission by using technology to notify people who may have been exposed.

RHODE ISLAND South Kingstown:

Three sororities and fraternities at the University of Rhode Island are under quarantine after members tested positive for the coronavirus, a school spokeswoman says.

SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control on Monday announced 393 new confirmed coronavirus cases, as well as 13 additional deaths. New daily confirmed cases in South Carolina are down from a peak in mid-July.

SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: Representatives from the state’s health care providers told lawmakers the pandemic has stressed their operations, revenues and staff as the number of hospitalizations increased and infections spread. Legislators concluded a series of public input sessions Tuesday as they prepare for a special legislative session Oct. 5. Gov. Kristi Noem called the session so the Legislature can provide input on using $1.25 billion in federal funds to address the pandemic’s impact.

TENNESSEE Nashville: Coronavirus clusters at work sites, correctional facilities and nursing homes fueled the outbreak in Nashville, according to a list released by the city Monday night. The release comes after city officials were falsely accused of hiding the number of coronavirus infections in bars in a now-retracted story by Nashville Fox 17 that accused officials of a “cover-up,” although the news station has since admitted it had no evidence of a cover-up.

TEXAS Austin: The state on Monday began relaxing some coronavirus restrictions, including allowing restaurants to let more people inside. Bars remain closed indefinitely, and a mask mandate is still in place.

UTAH St. George: COVID-19 cases are not surging significantly among Southern Utah’s college students as they are among Utah County’s college students, officials said.

VERMONT Rutland: The Rutland Housing Authority is working to get permits for two projects that will provide about 20 units of transitional and affordable housing using federal coronavirus relief funding, but officials say the Dec. 20 deadline to complete the properties is tight.

VIRGINIA Harrisonburg: James Madison University says it will resume in-person instruction Oct. 5. School officials say they now feel confident they can keep students safe through the fall semester.

WASHINGTON Woodland: Two elementary schools closed for in-person services Monday and Tuesday after two school district staffers tested positive for COVID-19, according to school officials. All staff members at Columbia Elementary School and North Fork Elementary School in Woodland could have been exposed to COVID-19, Columbia Principal David Starkey told parents.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Capitol police shut down an anti-mask protest Thursday, The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports. About a dozen people entered the Capitol without face masks, defying an executive order that requires masks inside.

WISCONSIN Madison: Faced with soaring coronavirus cases across Wisconsin, particularly on college campuses, Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday extended a statewide mask mandate until Nov. 21..

WYOMING Cheyenne: A surge in the coronavirus continued in the state Monday, with the largest share of new confirmed cases by far in Albany County, home to the University of Wyoming.