50 STATES
ALABAMA Cullman: Country music star Hank Williams Jr. is offering a $6,000 reward for his grandfather’s missing Remington shotgun.
ALASKA Anchorage: The state’s fledgling commercial seaweed industry is growing, with producers excited about this year’s kelp harvest.
ARIZONA Phoenix: The state has banned prisoners from reading a book that discusses the impact of the criminal justice system on black men. The American Civil Liberties Union is calling on the Arizona Department of Corrections to rescind a ban on “Chokehold: Policing Black Men.”
ARKANSAS Bella Vista: A property owner’s association is warning residents about the unhealthy air near an underground fire that’s been burning for 10 months at a former unlicensed dump. Crews began fighting the fire Saturday.
CALIFORNIA La Jolla: An aquarium has built what is believed to be one of the world’s largest habitats for sea dragons, the lesser-known cousin of the seahorse. The Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego hopes the exhibit will lead to the leafy sea dragon being bred for the first time in captivity.
COLORADO Fort Collins: The City Council narrowly voted Tuesday against asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review its ban on women going topless in public, which lower courts have banned it from enforcing.
CONNECTICUT Hartford: Restaurants and caterers would no longer be able to provide customers with single-use expanded polystyrene food containers under legislation that has cleared the House of Representatives.
DELAWARE Wilmington: The state has two of the best cities in the country for summer job opportunities, according to a new study from WalletHub. Dover ranked fourth, and Wilmington ranked fifth.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington: The Board of Elections has approved a petition to recall a city councilman who used his position to solicit business from area lobbyists.
FLORIDA Wesley Chapel: Authorities say a teen has been charged with threatening a school shooting in a postcard to Santa and signing a classmate’s name last November.
GEORGIA Atlanta: A lawsuit challenging outdated voting machines and seeking statewide use of handmarked paper ballots can move forward, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
HAWAII Kailua-Kona: Honolulu County has closed Kahaluu Bay to prevent disruption of coral spawning.
IDAHO Boise: A federal administrative law judge has rejected a plan for public land grazing allotments that would have destroyed re-emerging sagebrush in favor of non-native plants to increase forage for cattle and sheep.
ILLINOIS Chicago: Lincoln Park Zoo says an eastern black rhinoceros, Kapuki, has given birth to a calf.
INDIANA Evansville: A restored World War II naval vessel will move to a more prominent location along the Ohio River in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day. The LST 325 troop landing ship will be docked at the former site of the Tropicana Evansville casino boat June 6-9. Free tours will be offered.
IOWA Yale: The Yale High School Gymnasium, with its distinctive round architectural design, is now listed on the the National Register of Historic Places.
KANSAS Topeka: Gov. Laura Kelly has signed into law a bill that would allow profoundly ill people who have been unable to find relief with pharmaceutical medications to avoid prosecution for possessing certain blends of oil extracted from cannabis plants.
KENTUCKY Frankfort: With temperatures climbing and a holiday weekend coming up, many swimming pools and beaches at state parks are opening.
LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: The state is on track to create a program that would certify veteran-owned businesses and create a database for consumers to search for them.
MAINE Augusta: A legislative committee has voted against a bill to tax water bottler Poland Spring.
MARYLAND Baltimore: Scientists say the health of the Chesapeake Bay, America’s largest estuary, declined last year due to the effects of record-breaking precipitation.
MASSACHUSETTS Boston: A local nonprofit is voicing concern about the continued spread of HIV among residents struggling with opioid addiction. The Whittier Street Health Center said Tuesday that its outreach team identified two new cases in the notorious illegal drug market by Boston Medical Center.
MICHIGAN Detroit: A new exhibit at the Detroit Historical Museum takes visitors through 150 years of life in the city’s Corktown neighborhood. Called “The Journey to Now,” the exhibit opened this month and is scheduled to run through July 7.
MINNESOTA St. Paul: A major package of protections for the elderly has cleared the Legislature and awaits Gov. Tim Walz’s signature.
MISSISSIPPI Jackson: About 1 in 4 third graders in the state failed a toughened reading test on the first try this spring, leaving it unclear if they will advance to fourth grade.
MISSOURI St. Louis: Washington University will host a summit next year aimed at addressing growing concerns about climate change.
MONTANA Helena: Attorney General Tim Fox has announced his timeline for implementing legislation meant to improve communication and collaboration among law enforcement agencies as they investigate missing persons cases. Fox says the state Department of Justice has posted the job description for a missing persons specialist.
NEBRASKA Omaha: Officials say they’re expanding a pilot program that stationed a mental health therapist in a city police precinct.
NEVADA Carson City: The state Senate on Tuesday passed Assembly Bill 186, which would see the Silver State join a compact with 15 others that have agreed to award their presidential votes to the winner of the national popular vote.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Manchester: Edward Hopper’s final painting is on view at the Currier Museum of Art. “Two Comedians,” showing Hopper and his wife taking a bow onstage, once belonged to Frank Sinatra.
NEW JERSEY Point Pleasant Beach: A mild winter and previously completed replenishment projects have left the state’s beloved beaches in great shape for the start of the summer tourism season.
NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: The New Mexico Military Museum has temporarily closed its indoor space to prepare for new exhibits commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War and women serving in World War I. The museum plans to reopen in July.
NEW YORK Albany: The state’s Department of Environmental Conservation is launching its annual birdwatching challenge, open through Sept. 16, with versions for beginners and experts alike.
NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: A repeat effort to regulate popular fantasy sports games in the state has advanced through a House panel two years after a similar effort failed.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: The Police Department has launched a program that aims to better connect officers with the community.
OHIO Toledo: A strike in its third week at Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center is putting a spotlight on concerns about forcing nurses to repeatedly work mandatory overtime.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: The Legislature has approved a budget that for the first time includes millions of dollars in funding for antiabortion crisis pregnancy centers.
OREGON Portland: Environmental advocates have criticized a state plan to kill more than 1,000 ravens to help save the greater sage grouse.
PENNSYLVANIA Jim Thorpe: Officials say one of the state’s most beloved hiking trails will remain closed to the public unless lawmakers pass Gov. Tom Wolf ’s $4.5 billion infrastructure plan. The governor hiked to the base of the Glen Onoko Falls Trail on Tuesday to make the case for his plan to impose a severance tax on Marcellus Shale natural gas production to finance billions in projects.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: An effort is underway to replace the state’s distinctive “wave” license plates and more than double the cost of the new ones. The state Senate on Tuesday approved a measure that would change the price of a license plate from $6, set 20 years ago, to $15.
SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: Legislators are giving the Carolina Panthers up to $120 million in tax breaks to move their practice fields and team headquarters into the state.
SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: The family of an angler whose catfish held a state record for nearly 70 years is upset that wildlife officials voided the record. Roy Groves caught a 55pound fish in 1949 that originally was identified as a channel catfish, but now officials say it was a blue catfish.
TEXAS Dallas: Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport plans to build a sixth terminal that would open by 2025 and provide up to 24 new gates.
UTAH Salt Lake City: Utah Jazz owner and philanthropist Gail Miller will receive the Horizon Award. The congressional honor recognizes humanitarian leaders in the private sector.
VERMONT Burlington: The state’s Episcopal church has for the first time chosen an African American woman as its bishop. The Rev. Shannon MacVean-Brown will head Vermont’s 45 Episcopal congregations.
VIRGINIA Newport News: Michael D. Morisi, who founded defunct airline People Express, has been indicted on fraud and tax evasion charges.
WASHINGTON Seattle: Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation Tuesday making the state the first to approve composting of human remains.
WEST VIRGINIA Parkersburg: A bridge now bears the name of longtime state lawmaker Frank Deem, who died in October at the age of 90.
WISCONSIN Milwaukee: Lego dinosaurs are headed to town. This summer, the U.K.-based Brick Dinos exhibit is traveling to the U.S. for the first time and heading straight to the Milwaukee County Zoo.
WYOMING Casper: The state recorded the lowest number of births in 15 years in 2018.