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ALABAMA Gulf Shores: The town is reconsidering whether to allow a beachfront music festival, Hangout Fest, to return after next year.
ALASKA Anchorage: The cost for state and federal officials to fight summer’s wildfires in Alaska is estimated to have passed $300 million.
ARIZONA Cornville: An invasive mud snail that can disrupt the food chain was found at a state fish hatchery.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: Officials say the Natural State is having fewer babies. KATV reports the Department of Health says last year’s birth rate was the lowest in at least 19 years.
CALIFORNIA Simi Valley: An exhibit displaying the first operational stealth fighter has opened at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. The F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter was unveiled Saturday, the Los Angeles Daily News reports.
COLORADO Denver: A study of the effects of oil and gas activity on home prices along the Front Range finds having a well within view deducted nearly $3,000, or 0.8% on average, from sales between 2006 and 2014.
CONNECTICUT Hartford: State officials and local police departments are stepping up efforts to prevent jaywalking and other violations that endanger bicyclists and pedestrians.
DELAWARE Wilmington: A local gun rights group is suing the state’s environmental authority over a rule that some deer hunters say prevents them from using semi-automatic rifles.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington: At least seven people, including three children, were sickened by an apparent carbon dioxide leak at a holiday boat parade Saturday.
FLORIDA Miami: U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has asked the Bureau of Prisons to conduct a thorough review of Coleman Federal Correctional Complex following reports of sexual abuse of female inmates by male staff.
GEORGIA Atlanta: Conservation groups have purchased a 16,000-acre swath of land along the Satilla River that they describe as one of the largest unprotected open-space parcels along the southeast Atlantic coast.
HAWAII Hilo: The state Board of Education has approved a proposal to increase pay for classroom teachers in hard-to-staff locations on the Big Island to combat a continuing statewide teacher shortage, officials say.
IDAHO Boise: More than 45,000 state residents have signed up for Medicaid under expanded coverage, according to numbers from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
ILLINOIS Chicago: The state Environmental Protection Agency has experienced major staffing cutbacks and dwindling funding in recent years, according to two new reports.
INDIANA Vevay: A part of the town is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Encompassing 275 historic buildings on 100 acres, the Vevay Historic District includes some of the state’s finest Greek Revival buildings, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
IOWA Marion: Officials are moving forward with plans to build a new city library with public funding.
KANSAS Lawrence: Some of the city’s leaders say it should consider eliminating bus fares in the wake of a drop in ridership.
KENTUCKY Louisville: Police have confiscated an unusual gift being delivered to a man’s home – a package with about 20 pounds of meth that was shipped inside an air fryer.
LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: The state parks system has ended a requirement that guests must stay at least three nights during weekday bookings at its campgrounds and cabins.
MARYLAND Annapolis: The four highest-paid teachers in Anne Arundel County are high school athletic directors, each earning more than $114,000 per year, The Capital newspaper reports.
MASSACHUSETTS Boston: U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., is pushing legislation aimed at what she describes as punitive disciplinary actions taken disproportionately against girls of color in school.
MICHIGAN Detroit: Applications are being accepted from area artists for $25,000 fellowships from the Kresge Foundation. Nine fellowships in live arts and nine in film and music will be awarded to artists living and working in Wayne, Oakland or Macomb counties.
MINNESOTA Minneapolis: The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a state law that makes it a crime to stalk someone by telephone is unconstitutionally broad.
MISSISSIPPI Vicksburg: Military veterans are demolishing homes in the Delta that were damaged by months of flooding. Volunteers from the group Team Rubicon started working Wednesday in the Eagle Lake area, where the Yazoo backwater flood began in February.
MISSOURI Kansas City: Police in the city will no longer provide suspects a written copy of their rights and instead will give them a verbal Miranda warning as part of changes aimed at tackling violent crime.
MONTANA Kalispell: Two agencies are working toward a permanent recreation easement for a state park on Flathead Lake. The Flathead Beacon reports Fish, Wildlife and Parks leases part of Big Arm State Park from the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.
NEBRASKA Scottsbluff: The president of the state’s public-school teachers’ union says she’s hearing concerns from rural schools about a lack of mental health services.
NEVADA Las Vegas: Children and teens who need mental health care have less access to services here than in other states, advocates say. The nonprofit Mental Health America ranked Nevada 51st among 50 states and the District of Columbia.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: Starting in January, state employees will be able to take part in a program allowing them to take infant children to work, Gov. Chris Sununu says.
NEW JERSEY Trenton: State lawmakers advanced legislation Monday to permit immigrants who cannot prove they’re in the country legally to obtain drivers licenses. NEW
MEXICO Albuquerque: The state’s largest city says it will embark on an independent review of crime data after facing criticism for statistics that overstated improvements made over the past year. NEW YORK New York: City lawmakers are poised to adopt legislation requiring “bird-friendly” glass on all new construction.
NORTH CAROLINA Charlotte: Upset over how judges have used the bail system, local police say they will no longer assign electronic ankle bracelets to monitor murder suspects released on bail. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney announced the policy as a way to encourage judges to keep potentially violent suspects in jail, The Charlotte Observer reports.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: The state’s high school students are drinking less and using less tobacco, but more are having extended periods of feeling sad or hopeless, finds a survey released Monday.
OHIO Dayton: A biennial writers’ workshop named for the late humor writer Erma Bombeck is set for the spring of 2020. The Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop is held every other year on the campus of the University of Dayton, Bombeck’s alma mater.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Election officials say registered independents will be able to continue voting in Democratic primaries.
OREGON Eugene: The University of Oregon Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday to consider a $100,000 bonus for President Michael Schill. Students and staff see his $720,000 salary as at odds with the university’s statements that it’s lacking in funds, the Register-Guard reports.
PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia: Police are investigating after someone vandalized the statue of former Mayor Frank Rizzo. The word “fascist” was found painted on the statue’s jacket.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: State agencies have proposed a new regulation on the sale of medical marijuana that would require out-of-state patients to present identification from their state as proof of residency.
SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: State Rep. Seth Rose, D-Columbia, has proposed a bill directing education officials to develop plans to teach students to be more critical of what they read and post online.
SOUTH DAKOTA Aberdeen: A federal trial challenging a state law that will require petition circulators to register with the secretary of state got underway Monday.
TENNESSEE Knoxville: Researchers at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture have landed a $156,000 grant to look into opportunities to market cattle using genetic information.
TEXAS Austin: Pierce Bush, a grandson of former President George H.W. Bush, announced his candidacy Monday for a congressional seat.
UTAH Salt Lake City: An imperiled fish found only in Utah Lake is starting to make a recovery after 18 years. The June sucker’s population grew from only 300 to 2,000 at last count, prompting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to propose changing its status from endangered to threatened, the Deseret News reports.
VERMONT Newport City: The city will allow snowmobiles to drive on several streets to reach the downtown area, officials say. VIRGINIA Richmond: More than 200 gun rights activists wearing “Guns SAVE Lives” stickers rallied Monday at the State Capitol, vowing to fight any attempt by the Legislature to pass restrictions on gun ownership.
WASHINGTON Spokane: The Department of Fish and Wildlife has told Gov. Jay Inslee it will try “previously unused tools” to protect cattle and avoid shooting wolves in the Kettle River Range.
WEST VIRGINIA Morgantown: A caravan of West Virginians left the country Sunday in search of affordable insulin – heading to Canada, where insulin prices are reported to be about a tenth of the cost here.
WISCONSIN Madison: A paper from the Brookings Institution and Information Technology and Innovation Foundation ranks the city as having the highest potential among 35 metro areas for technological growth.
WYOMING Casper: The state Department of Education will release the names and salaries of every school district employee in Wyoming in response to a state senator’s request.