STATE-BY-STATE

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News from across the USA

ALABAMA Montgomery: It would be largely symbolic, but Republican lawmakers in Alabama want a “right to life” abortion ban put in the state constitution. ALASKA Petersburg: Voters may find a question about whether to allow all-terrain vehicles on the roads of Mitkof island on this year’s ballot, KFSK-FM reported. ARIZONA Phoenix: Former Arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords and husband Mark Kelly have announced the Arizona Coalition for Common Sense, which will focus on passing gun safety legislation. ARKANSAS Little Rock: The agency that protects Arkansas’ state Capitol now can operate in secret. Gov. Hutchinson let a Freedom of Information exemption for the agency become law without his signature.. CALIFORNIA San Francisco: The University of California’s governing board appointed Carol T. Christ as the next chancellor of UC-Berkeley. COLORADO Denver: Malfunctions after a power outage at a Denver area oil refinery triggered belches of hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide gas.

CONNECTICUT East Hart

ford: A 3-year-old girl was found living alone with her dead mother for several days in an apartment. The girl was dehydrated but healthy. DELAWARE Wil

mington: Four people were hospitalized in Delaware after using a charcoal grill to heat their home. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Firefighters used a rope system to rescue a man who was trapped for more than two hours after falling down an icy hill in Rock Creek Park . FLORIDA Orlando: A rope tied in a noose was found hanging outside a middle school. Police are investigating. GEORGIA Atlanta: Jordan Ennis, a state trooper, was checking an abandoned Atlanta subdivision known as a dumping site for stolen cars when he spotted three canine vagrants. So he adopted the puppies. HAWAII Lihue: Hawaii officials say Kauai’s honeybee population is strong and healthy, The Garden

Island reported. IDAHO Pocatello: The sheriff of Bannock County is investigating a cyanide trap placed by federal authorities to kill coyotes. A 14year-old boy was hurt.. ILLINOIS Springfield: Nicholas Gailius, the chief of police of Fairview Heights has been named Illinois Chief of the Year. INDIANA Richmond: Richmond’s housing agency was the victim of a ransomware attack. IOWA Badger: The city is making plans for the upcoming construction nearby of a pork processing plant. KANSAS Topeka: Adoption officials are seeking a permanent home for five siblings currently in foster care. The children, two sisters and three brothers, are ages 2 to 11. KENTUCKY Louisville: The University of Louisville will hold a workshop Monday on plants that are native to Kentucky. LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: Louisiana state police superintendent Col. Mike Edmonson says he’s retiring. . MAINE Bangor: The City Council chairman says Bangor would have a better chance of getting tax revenue from legal marijuana if it got into the business of selling it. MARYLAND Annapolis: Gov. Hogan says he’ll veto a bill requiring businesses with 15 or more employees to provide paid sick leave. MASSACHUSETTS Brockton: Mayor Bill Carpenter fired a contractor that plows city streets after one of its drivers was caught on video dumping snow at the end of a resident’s driveway. MICHIGAN Ely Township: Michigan officials shut down a footbridge over the Black River Falls in the Upper Peninsula for safety reasons. MINNESOTA Lindstrom: Officials in Minnesota’s Chisago County granted a cemetery permit to a group of Bosnian Muslims. MISSISSIPPI Jackson: The state will track money and assets seized by police agencies under a bill signed by Gov. Bryant. MISSOURI St. Joseph: A Missouri Gaming Commission report showing declining numbers has prompted St. Jo Frontier Casino to begin a rebranding campaign MONTANA West Glacier: Glacier National Park plans to ease restrictions on boating. NEBRASKA Lincoln: A University of Nebraska-Lincoln report shows a 10% drop in the average farmland value over the past year. NEVADA Las Vegas: Environmental advocates and the Moapa Band of Paiutes are hailing the closure of a coal-fired power plant 40 miles north of Las Vegas. NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: The state Fish and Game Department is proposing to issue 51 moose hunting permits this year, the lowest since the state started a lottery in 1988. NEW JERSEY Glen Rock: Bergen County officials have approved construction of an education center at Thielke Arboretum. NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: Police are preparing to help East Mountain residents deal with trespassing during pinion picking season. NEW YORK New York: Port Authority police arrested a man accused of leaving a crude explosive device in a briefcase at the terminal in Midtown Manhattan. NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: A citizens’ group plans public hearing on secret CIA interrogation sites where suspected terrorists might be tortured. NORTH DAKOTA Fargo: Businessman Brandon Medenwald has launched “North Dakota Open on Sundays,” a drive to repeal the state law barring Sunday-morning shopping. OHIO Chagrin Falls: A 70pound popcorn ball, which was swiped from a shop where it was being auctioned, was found in front of the Chagrin Falls Popcorn Shop. OKLAHOMA Cushing: The 1920s Cushing Lion’s Den will be demolished because its front facade collapsed last week. . OREGON Eugene: The University of Oregon has selected Marcilynn Burke as dean of its law school. She will begin work July 1.

PENNSYLVANIA Phila

delphia: Temple University is rethinking a 6% meal plan fee hike blamed largely on Philadelphia’s new sweetened-beverage tax. . RHODE ISLAND Providence: The state’s highest court says Newport can’t deny food and drink licenses at Gilded Age mansions, overturning the City Council’s denial of such licenses. SOUTH CAROLINA Beaufort: Beaufort High School Assistant Principal David McIntyre is on paid administrative leave after being accused of slapping his wife during an argument. SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City: Former employees of Rapid City’s Regional Behavioral Health Center say the mental hospital was an unsafe place to work, The Rapid

City Journal reports. TENNESSEE Nashville: Police say a car of teenagers opened fire at D.B. Todd Market because they were served the wrong pizza toppings. No one was injured. TEXAS Houston: The Westfield fire chief fired five firefighters and suspended another after video surfaced of them hazing a rookie. UTAH Salt Lake City: Police say a driver tried to use a stun gun on officers.

VERMONT Middlebury: Members of Porter Medical Center have voted to join the University of Vermont Health Network. VIRGINIA Luray: Parts of the Shenandoah National Park will reopen soon for spring. WASHINGTON Vancouver: The state’s top court has ruled in favor of the Port of Vancouver in a case about a proposed terminal along the Columbia River. WEST VIRGINIA Buckhannon: Organizers of the West Virginia Strawberry Festival are looking for growers to stock berries at the event. WISCONSIN Milwaukee: Melissa Hill, who was pregnant while being held at the Milwaukee County jail alleges in a lawsuit that she was shackled while she was in labor. WYOMING Jackson: Biologists at the National Elk Refuge are worried about what the animals they feed are leaving behind. The

Jackson Hole News & Guide reports that feces could cause health problems.