STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA wants to use Montgomery: nitrogen gas Alabama in execu-ALASKA tions, a method Juneau: untested Gov. Bill in Walker the USA. wants surveying to spend at the $10 Arctic million National on seismic Wildlife Refuge. ARIZONA ment of Corrections Phoenix: The will state provide Depart- free tampons to each female as well inmate as sanitary in state napkins prison. ARKANSAS filing for state Little and Rock: federal Election offices began at noon Thursday. CALIFORNIA Ventura: A rape suspect died after drinking cyanide during a freeway chase, authorities said. COLORADO Denver: Colorado has the highest number of active hate groups in 18 years, mirroring a national surge, The Denver Post reports. CONNECTICUT Hartford: The state has agreed to pay $6.25 million to the estate of a couple killed in 2007 when a tree limb fell on their car. DELAWARE Wilmington: A van that offers low-income patients mammograms and other health screenings will be out of commission under Gov. John Carney’s $4.25 billion budget. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The family of an unarmed black motorcyclist killed by police during a reckless driving stop will get $3.5 million. FLORIDA Tallahassee: The House’s version of legislation to combat the opioid epidemic will go to the floor. GEORGIA Atlanta: The state Senate voted 51-0 to urge the U.S. Board of Geographic Names to change the name of Runaway Negro Creek in Chatham County to Freedom Creek. HAWAII Honolulu: A new bill would make it a crime to falsely present an animal as a service animal. IDAHO Boise: The state House has cleared a proposal designed to rein in police who take citizens’ property. ILLINOIS Carbondale: Southern Illinois University’s chancellor, Carlo
Montemagno, over complaints faces that ethics he hired reviews his family and used school relocation funds to fund his daughter’s move. INDIANA Indianapolis: The city’s school district hopes voters will approve $750 million in additional tax dollars over eight years. IOWA Des Moines: Lawmakers are under pressure to improve Iowa’s privatized Medicaid program, but little legislation has emerged. KANSAS Lawrence: Five state universities closed Thursday because of bad weather. KENTUCKY Edgewood: An investigation into a cluster of HIV infections prompted officials to urge intravenous drug users to get tested. LOUISIANA New Orleans: A veterinarian is accused of shooting her neighbor’s dog in the head after months of sending hostile text messages about its loud barking. MAINE South Portland: Union members at Hannaford Distribution Center went on strike for 24 hours Wednesday as part of their drive for a new contract. MARYLAND Annapolis: A measure allowing Maryland students to use sunscreen without a doctor’s note is advancing in the General Assembly. MASSACHUSETTS Boston: Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley, who prosecuted former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, will not seek re-election. MICHIGAN Ferndale: A Ferndale man destroyed a home by using a smoke bomb in an attempt to get skunks out of a crawlspace. MINNESOTA Minneapolis: More than 150 people didn’t learn they had bought counterfeit Super Bowl tickets until they got to the game. MISSISSIPPI Jackson: Glenn Boyce, head of Mississippi’s university system, is retiring June 30. MISSOURI Bolivar: A boat manufacturing plant that closed in 2009
will employees reopen within and add its more first year. than 130 MONTANA a court order Helena: to prevent The the state maker wants of OxyContin from marketing the painkiller to Montana prescribers. NEBRASKA Lincoln: A state senator is proposing legislation that would prohibit cities from taxing or regulating fast-growing technology such as bitcoins or blockchains. NEVADA Reno: Heavenly Mountain Resort at Lake Tahoe wants to improve skiing during low-snow seasons by removing boulders and trees from several runs. NEW HAMPSHIRE Durham: Mark Huddleston, the longest serving president in University of New Hampshire history, gave his last “State of the University” address. NEW JERSEY Newark: Patrick O’Boyle, a bank robber who told a teller to “make it quick” because he was double-parked, is going to prison for 46 months. NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: The main runway at the city’s airport will close for 60 days for repairs. NEW YORK Saranac Lake: Former MSNBC and CNBC host Dylan Ratigan, a Democrat, is seeking a GOPheld congressional seat. NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: A company with a rice-packaging technique for sushi rolls plans 305 new jobs at a $10 million plant in Butner. NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: Non-oil exports rose 5.6% last year to more than $2 billion. OHIO Toledo: A $75,000 bond was set for a pastor accused with his wife and daughter of robbing a Sunday school teacher at gunpoint. OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Up to 14 counties might go dry after 3.2% beer becomes unavailable Oct. 1. OREGON Bend: A day care provider who left seven children younger than 5 to visit a tanning salon has accepted a plea agreement. PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh: Authorities blame a laptop battery for causing a fire that shut down westbound lanes of Pittsburgh’s Fort Pitt Tunnel. RHODE ISLAND Providence: State Senate leaders want to expel Minority Leader Nicholas Kettle, a Republican charged with trying to extort a male page for sex in 2011. SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: Health officials say 23 people have died of the flu, raising the season’s toll to 151. SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: A city teacher has been denied insurance coverage for special radiation to treat her brain cancer. TENNESSEE Memphis: The city will remove six Paint Memphis murals it has deemed offensive, including one of a zombie covered in maggots. TEXAS San Antonio: State Sen. Carlos Uresti, a Democrat, was convicted on 11 federal counts of money laundering and wire and securities fraud. UTAH Salt Lake City: A legislative panel endorsed a tougher sentence for intentionally killing a police dog. VERMONT Rutland: Prosecutors recommend probation for a 19-year-old who threatened students and staff at South Burlington High School in 2017. VIRGINIA Richmond: More than a quarter of 2017 high school graduates qualify for college credit on AP exams, the USA’s sixth-best percentage. WASHINGTON Everett: The city has appealed a federal judge’s ruling in favor of bikini baristas, who sued over ordinances that ban bare skin. WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: A state board will recommend that some patients be allowed to buy smokable forms of marijuana. WISCONSIN Milwaukee: The city will bid for the 2020 Democratic National Convention. WYOMING Casper: City officials adopted a resolution affirming the right of LGBT residents to live free of discrimination.