Around the nation
News from every state.
ALABAMA Birmingham: A judge declared a mistrial in a murder case after a juror looked online for the defendant’s criminal record.
ALASKA King Cove: The city celebrated its second hydroelectric facility last week, lowering its costs by getting 80 percent of its energy from hydroelectric sources.
ARIZONA Flagstaff: Two companies scrapped an effort to take over a coalfired power plant on the Utah line, saying the challenges were too great.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: More than $60,000 will be spent to upgrade security at War Memorial Stadium.
CALIFORNIA San Francisco: Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed legislation that would have required middle and high schools to start no earlier than 8:30.
COLORADO Fort Carson: The Army will convert the 4th Infantry Division’s 2nd Brigade from infantry to eight-wheel Stryker vehicles in 2020.
CONNECTICUT Hartford: A report says 308 bridges on roads are deteriorating and structurally deficient.
DELAWARE Dover: The state’s 4 DMV offices have installed “Safe Selfie Zones” so new drivers can share the news without revealing personal info via photos of their licenses.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: A man on an electric scooter died after being hit by an SUV, WTOP radio reports.
FLORIDA Orlando: The Publix grocery chain says it will start letting workers grow beards and other facial hair starting at the end of the month.
GEORGIA Savannah: House Speaker David Ralston wants a new judicial complex named for Gov. Nathan Deal.
HAWAII Honolulu: The Kokonut Koalition hopes to raise $10,000 for maintenance and repairs to the Koko Crater stairs.
IDAHO Nampa: City officials are looking for volunteers to help track and ward off the arrival of roughly 10,000 crows that create a health hazard with their droppings.
ILLINOIS DeKalb: Northern Illinois University has named Lisa C. Freeman its first female president.
INDIANA Daleville: Filtrec, which makes agricultural and industrial filters, will build a plant and put its North American headquarters here.
IOWA Des Moines: A state ethics panel concluded that Gov. Kim Reynolds did nothing wrong in accepting nine rides on private jets.
KANSAS Topeka: The state Board of Regents has approved an $85 million two-year funding increase for state universities.
KENTUCKY Frankfort: The Kentucky Arts Council is seeking artwork from military veterans, their spouses and children for a Capitol Rotunda display in November.
LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: Gov. Edwards says the state’s $300 million surplus stems from better-thanexpected tax collections.
MAINE Unity: A man was killed and his 5-year-old granddaughter severely injured when the lawnmower they were riding across a road was hit by an SUV.
MARYLAND Annapolis: Health insurance premiums for individual plans will decrease an average of 13.2 percent next year.
MASSACHUSETTS Cambridge: Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding theater troupe has cast six women after 174 years of all-male shows.
MICHIGAN Detroit: Unsafe levels of lead or copper have been found in drinking water fountains and other fixtures at 57 schools.
MINNESOTA St. Paul: The state Public Utilities Commission approved a permit for the Freeborn Wind farm despite objections.
MISSISSIPPI Oxford: An annexation of 12 square miles will nearly double the city’s size.
MISSOURI Columbia: A woman will get more than $2.75 million for injuries and losses from an arson fire.
MONTANA Bozeman: Ear Spring, a thermal spring in Yellowstone National Park, has erupted for the fourth time in the last 60 years.
NEBRASKA Kearney: University of Nebraska-Kearney police are carrying guns again, 44 years after officials decided to disarm the force.
NEVADA Yerington: Nevada’s newest state park, the Walker River State Recreation Area, has opened.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Salem: A Massachusetts teacher was charged with putting his toddler into a game machine at a New Hampshire mall and using her to steal prizes.
NEW JERSEY Freehold: A man accused of leaving a young pit bull mix to drown in a cage at water’s edge in a rising tide is free pending his trial on animal cruelty charges.
NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: The city is considering hiring a contractor to eradicate the gophers that have been tearing up parks for two years.
NEW YORK Buffalo: Indicted U.S. Rep. Chris Collins will campaign for his seat and vows to serve if he wins re-election Nov. 6.
NORTH CAROLINA Charlotte: Police arrested a 13-year-old in connection with a series of armed robberies in which two people were shot.
NORTH DAKOTA Velva: City commissioners nixed the lone bid on a land sale after learning the property was intended for Dollar General.
OHIO Columbus: The school district will offer Talisa Dixon the superintendent’s job.
OKLAHOMA Hydro: A cornfield maze featuring the likeness of former NASA astronaut Thomas P. Stafford has been photographed by a satellite orbiting Earth.
OREGON Prineville: Facebook will expand its data center outside the city to the size of 66 football fields.
PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg: Susquehanna County is the first to buy a voting system under new state
security standards and will use it for the Nov. 6. election.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: The public library has kicked off a $25 million renovation project.
SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: The state’s unemployment rate dropped slightly last month to 3.4 percent.
SOUTH DAKOTA Pierre: Officials are investigating a rise in Legionnaires’ disease cases in Sioux Falls.
TENNESSEE Chattanooga: Marilyn Lloyd, the first Tennessee woman elected to a full term in Congress and re-elected nine times, has died at 89.
TEXAS Houston: A foundation linked to the Texas A&M University System will pay $750,000 to settle federal claims that it inflated expenses and overcharged the government.
UTAH Salt Lake City: Donors have pledged $40 million, half the money needed to expand the University of Utah’s Huntsman Cancer Institute.
VERMONT Montpelier: The state Health Department recommended every school test its water for lead after it was found in 16 schools.
VIRGINIA Fairfax: Police say a woman at a Social Security Administration office smacked a security guard in the head with a fanny pack and then pulled a knife on him. Inside the fanny pack, they found a pigeon.
WASHINGTON Seattle: The Seattle Police Officers’ Guild ratified a contract with the city that includes pay raises and accountability reforms.
WEST VIRGINIA Morgantown: Gov. Jim Justice says tourism spending increased last year for the first time since 2012.
WISCONSIN Madison: A deputy arrested the same 35-year-old Sun Prairie woman twice for drunken driving within an hour and a half.
WYOMING Jackson: A marketing campaign for the area is asking visitors to minimize their environmental impact to “Keep Jackson Wild.”