STATE- BY- STATE

ALABAMA Montgomery: The Alabama Senate voted 29- 2 to pass its long- stalled education budget Tuesday.

ALASKA Juneau: The city has decided to put up another $ 100,000 to defend itself in a lawsuit brought by Cruise Lines International Association alleging it misused funds paid by cruise ship passengers.

ARIZONA Phoenix: Arcadia High School student Jacob Staudenmaier is asking actress Emma Stone to be his date to prom with an elaborate La La Land video.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: An Arkansas health panel has recommended limiting coverage of opioid prescriptions in health plans that cover state employees.

CALIFORNIA Los Angeles: National Park Service and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials have found a mountain lion kitten in the Santa Monica Mountains. The female kitten, dubbed P- 54, was born sometime in January.

COLORADO Aurora: The Aurora Sentinel reports that El Salvador will open its consulate in the old city hall building.

CONNECTICUT Hartford: A coalition of Democratic lawmakers is pushing for legislation they say will help close the wage gap between men and women in Connecticut.

DELAWARE Dover: Kent County legislators have introduced a series of bills that would expedite a proposed $ 31 million expansion plan around the Dover Mall.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Mayor Muriel Bowser has proposed a $ 13.8 billion budget.

FLORIDA Tallahassee: A plan to build a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee is being scaled back.

GEORGIA Macon: New Jerseybased Star Snacks plans to build a

manufacturing plant in Bibb County, invest $ 18 million and create 115 jobs.

HAWAII Honolulu: Drivers arrested on a repeat DUI offense would have to agree to stop drinking alcohol for at least 90 days and wear an ankle bracelet if they want to be released from jail under a bill being considered in the Legislature.

IDAHO Nampa: The family of a cyclist who died after being struck by a vehicle driven by a Nampa employee is suing the city.

ILLINOIS Chicago: Cardinal Blase Cupich says Pope Francis has written a letter saying he is praying for the city’s victims of violence.

INDIANA Indianapolis: Indiana is launching a series of YouTube videos on the State Department of Health’s YouTube channel.

IOWA Muscatine: The city plans to open a SiniU. S. Friendship Center.

KANSAS Topeka: Top Republican legislators are negotiating with Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback as they consider proposals for a flat personal income tax.

KENTUCKY Frankfort: More than seven in 10 people support a statewide smoking ban in most public places.

LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: Sen. Eric LaFleur is proposing to make it tougher to create escrow and special bank accounts.

MAINE Brunswick: Finnish company Atol Avion intends to build two- seat, amphibious planes at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station.

MARYLAND Annapolis: The state would allow five more licenses each to grow and process medical marijuana under a measure approved by the House of Delegates.

MASSACHUSETTS Boston: Federal transportation officials have

signed on off on a new $ 2.3 billion estimate for a 4.5- mile extension to the MBTA’s Green Line.

MICHIGAN Detroit: An 80- yearold Detroit man was sentenced to 366 days in prison Tuesday for spending $ 265,000 in Social Security benefits that mistakenly went into his mother’s bank account long after her death.

MINNESOTA Fairfax: The effort to save the golf course at Fort Ridgely State Park has has generated about $ 70,000 in pledges and an effort in the Legislature.

MISSISSIPPI Jackson: The auditor’s office found pornography and other explicit material on computers issued to middle school and high school students.

MISSOURI Columbia: The University of Missouri is increasing to seven the number of residence halls that aren’t expected to open in the fall.

MONTANA Helena: The state Senate voted 50- 0 to advance a bill that would extend safeguards against youth concussions.

NEBRASKA Omaha: The University of Nebraska Medical Center announced a nearly $ 119 million high- tech health care teaching center on Monday.

NEVADA Las Vegas: The University of Nevada, Las Vegas has suspended the school’s chapter of Delta Zeta until fall 2019 for hazing and other violations.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: The New Hampshire section of the American Society of Civil Engineers gave the state’s infrastructure a grade of C- minus.

NEW JERSEY Wanaque: Jimmy, a cat that went missing more than two years ago, was found 10 miles from home.

NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: The National Park Service is planning a yearlong project to rehabilitate the old Santa Fe Trail Building.

NEW YORK New York: Sara Berman’s closet has earned a place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A re- creation of the closet will remain on view

through Sept. 5.

NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser to President Trump, will speak to the North Carolina Republican Party state convention in Wilmington.

NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: Ten North Dakota cabinet- level agencies on Tuesday asked employees to take voluntary buyouts to help balance the state budget

OHIO Kent: Police say a suspected shoplifter called 911 for help after she hid in a fitting room and was locked inside a store.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Oklahoma teachers would receive their first pay increase in nine years under a bill approved by a Senate committee.

OREGON Springfield: Police are calling Brandon Rapolla a hero after he helped distract a man who was attempting suicide.

PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia: The Museum of the American Revolution says it has exceeded its $ 150 million fundraising effort, just weeks before it opens.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: Richard Culatta, the state’s first chief innovation of, ficer is leaving to join the International Society for Technology in Education.

SOUTH CAROLINA Rock Hill: Joseph David Shackelford Jr., the former captain of the Rock Hill Rescue Squad, has been arrested on a charge of taking more than $ 9,200 of the squad’s money.

SOUTH DAKOTA Yankton: The Yankton County Commission has approved the expansion of a 2,400- head hog facility near

Lesterville.

TENNESSEE Nashville: The House Civil Justice Subcommittee voted to advance legislation that would amend the state constitution to say that God is the source of liberties.

TEXAS Hearne: The state education commissioner is moving to replace the district’s superintendent and school board because it lacks “educational leadership.”

UTAH Kaysville: A Utah school district has agreed to pay $ 100,000 to the family of a teen girl who was injured while wearing so- called “drunk goggles” in a 2014 exercise in health class.

VERMONT Montpelier: Alexandre Silberman, the editor of Burlington High School’s newspaper spoke to lawmakers in favor of new voices legislation.

VIRGINIA Newport News: Rashawn Lamar Robinson, 29, was arrested after he walked into the Pearl Bailey Library with a machete.

WASHINGTON Pasco: The Pasco City Council has voted to greenlight ride- hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft.

WEST VIRGINIA Nitro: The Legislature has passed a bill to end $ 14 million in subsidies that benefit dog racing breeders and handlers at the state’s racetracks.

WISCONSIN Madison: The state Senate voted 19- 13 to approve a Republican bill that would relax highcapacity well regulations.

WYOMING Laramie: University of Wyoming officials say they are moving forward with the plan to convert an honors college into an American Indian center.