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News from every state.

ALABAMA Montgomery: The hidden voice of Freddie Mercury in parts of the film “Bohemian Rhapsody” is coming to town Saturday in a show paying tribute to legendary rock band Queen. Marc Martel, heard in the movie bridging the gap between star Rami Malek and actual recordings of Mercury, sings with the Black Jacket Symphony, which will recreate 1975 album “A Night at the Opera.”

ALASKA Juneau: The state has moved closer to becoming the first in the country with statewide rules allowing onsite use of marijuana at specially authorized stores. A memo from the state’s Department of Law said it found no legal problems with the rules approved by marijuana regulators in December.

ARIZONA Casa Grande: Wildflowers are blooming in the state, and crowds are turning out to see them. The Casa Grande Dispatch reports attendance at Picacho Peak State Park totaled 4,502 people last weekend.

ARKANSAS Searcy: Harding University is planning a scholarship honoring graduate Botham Jean, an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a white Dallas officer who’d entered his apartment last year.

CALIFORNIA San Francisco: Archaeologists, confirming a longtime suspicion of historians, say the famed Alcatraz prison was built over a Civil War-era military fortification.

COLORADO Fort Collins: Backyard wood burners will need a new bedtime this summer. The City Council has unanimously approved a 10 p.m. curfew and 25-foot setback from neighboring properties.

CONNECTICUT Hartford: Hundreds of people turned out for a legislative hearing Wednesday on whether the state should institute electronic highway tolls, highlighting the strong divide that’s developed over an issue being pushed hard by the new Democratic governor.

DELAWARE Wilmington: Rodney Square – the national historic district at the heart of the city – is getting a $6 million to $8 million facelift, officials announced Thursday.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington: A new bill in the district would give teens the power to get themselves vaccinated without parental consent, WUSA-TV reports.

FLORIDA Tallahassee: The push to make daylight saving time permanent in the state is going national. Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Rick Scott and Rep. Vern Buchanan have introduced the “Sunshine Protection Act” in Congress. The Legislature passed a state law that calls for Florida to move to permanent daylight saving time, but that can’t go into effect unless the federal law is changed as well.

GEORGIA Atlanta: B’s Cracklin’ Barbecue, an award-winning restaurant, has been destroyed in a fire.

HAWAII Honolulu: The state is allowing visitors who are qualified to receive medical marijuana elsewhere in the U.S. to register and buy it from dispensaries on the islands.

IDAHO Boise: The morgue in the state’s biggest county is running out of space to hold bodies.

ILLINOIS Belleville: Filmmaker Dan Steadman is looking for movie extras to fill Lincoln Theater on Saturday to play a game-show audience in the 1970s for his film “The Galoshes.”

INDIANA Milan: The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum and the Milan 54 Hoosiers Museum have teamed up to mark the 65th anniversary of Milan High School’s 1954 boys basketball state championship – the inspiration for the film “Hoosiers” – with bobbleheads.

IOWA Des Moines: The state is considering new rules that would limit school districts’ use of padded seclusion rooms to discipline children following violent outbursts.

KANSAS Wichita: Students at Wichita State University rejected a proposal to raise their fees to fund academic facility improvements.

KENTUCKY Louisville: Officials are trying to determine what caused a massive sinkhole at the Louisville Zoo. The zoo closed after the sinkhole – about 50 feet deep and nearly the size of a football field – was spotted, far from animal exhibits.

LOUISIANA New Orleans: The city’s oldest pachyderm, an endangered Asian elephant, has died, though she lived far longer than is typical. Panya, 55, was euthanized Thursday because irreversible kidney disease was hurting her quality of life.

MAINE Portland: A state panel has approved new requirements for the exportation of baby eels. The Maine Department of Marine Resources wants to add a requirement that baby eel exporters notify the Maine Marine Patrol 48 hours before preparing to pack and ship the elvers.

MARYLAND Annapolis: The House of Delegates has approved a measure to allow the terminally ill to end their lives with a doctor’s help.

MASSACHUSETTS Salem: A free food pantry is now open on the Salem State University campus.

MICHIGAN Detroit: Tame Impala will headline the 2019 edition of the city’s Mo Pop Festival, organizers announced this week. Vampire Weekend is also aboard as a headliner for the fest July 27-28.

MINNESOTA Minneapolis: A federal appeals court says two boys must be allowed to compete on their high schools’ dance teams.

MISSISSIPPI Jackson: Gov. Phil Bryant is expected to sign a bill that will ban the state from investing in companies that boycott Israel.

MISSOURI Kansas City: A groundbreaking celebration is planned for March 25 for a new single-terminal Kansas City International Airport.

MONTANA Helena: The state Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a man who says he was making a citizen’s arrest when he blocked a street with his truck and trailer to stop a motorcyclist who was leading police on a high-speed chase.

NEBRASKA Lincoln: Voters will get the chance next year to repeal a state constitutional amendment that allows people to be enslaved as punishment for a crime.

NEVADA Reno: The state’s latest bid to block incoming shipments of weapons-grade plutonium points to the U.S. Energy Department’s own scientific warnings about the dangers of prematurely moving the highly radioactive material.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: The state House has again voted to repeal the death penalty, this time with a veto-proof margin.

NEW JERSEY Saddle River: The town is weighing an ordinance that could result in hefty fines and even jail time for owners of barking dogs.

NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: A measure that won bipartisan approval in the state Senate sets aggressive new quotas for renewable energy.

NEW YORK New York: The city is announcing plans to create four new statues of women in an effort to address the gender imbalance in public monuments. The statues will honor jazz singer Billie Holiday as well as a pioneering doctor, a lighthouse keeper and a teacher who helped desegregate public transit.

NORTH CAROLINA Coats: An animal sanctuary says three North American river otters were taken from the facility.

NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: The Republican-led Legislature believes it should be tougher for citizens to amend the state constitution. The House voted 65-26 on Wednesday to raise to 60 percent the margin necessary for voters to approve a constitutional amendment.

OHIO Cincinnati: Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is “calling the 20192020 season the ‘Season of the Woman,’ ” says artistic and development associate Sara Clark. The role of Hamlet will be “regendered.” And “Miss Holmes” reimagines the famed detective duo as Miss Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Dorothy Watson.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: New Gov. Kevin Stitt is asking for an audit of the state’s Medicaid enrollment to see if some savings can be realized.

OREGON Grand Ronde: Two fragments of a meteorite that crashed into Earth more than 13,000 years ago have returned to the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.

PENNSYLVANIA Red Lion: A HempTrain is ready to roll into York County. Steve Groff, owner of Wyndrige Farm and a licensed physician, is purchasing a $1.5 million machine that can mass-process hemp.

RHODE ISLAND Newport: Officials from the National Sailing Hall of Fame and the city of Newport expect to finalize the sale of most of the municipal Armory later this month.

SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: Democrats in this early-voting state are gearing up for a summer convention that’s sure to draw many of the party’s presidential contenders. Party officials announced this week that they’ll hold their annual convention June 22 in Columbia.

SOUTH DAKOTA Pierre: Ice fishermen have to get their permanent shacks off public lakes this weekend, state officials say.

TENNESSEE Memphis: Justin Timberlake was back in his childhood stomping grounds this week to film a commercial for Levi’s, according to a video posted to his Instagram. The star launched his own line of clothing with the denim brand last year.

TEXAS South Padre Island: The Nature Conservancy says it will acquire more than 6,200 acres as part of the largest conservation effort on South Padre Island in two decades.

UTAH Salt Lake City: A law that has technically made sex outside of marriage a misdemeanor crime in the state for more than four decades could be headed toward repeal.

VIRGINIA Newport News: Health officials have reopened part of the James River in the Newport News area to shellfish harvesting, saying the water’s quality has improved to safe levels.

WASHINGTON Olympia: The state Senate has passed a broad package of data privacy protections, including rules that would give consumers the right to delete data about them held by private companies.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: A bill that would allow state residents to attend community and technical colleges for free has been sent to the governor’s desk.

WISCONSIN Milwaukee: Willie Nelson is bringing his Outlaw Music Festival back to Summerfest in June.

WYOMING Cheyenne: Gov. Mark Gordon has signed into law a measure that puts the state on a viable path for industrial hemp production.