50 ★ States

ALABAMA Tuscaloosa: The city marked the anniversary of a tornado outbreak that killed more than 50 people on April 27, 2011. The coronavirus pandemic interfered with plans to mark the anniversary elsewhere.

ALASKA Juneau: The state’s ferry system is expected to receive an initial injection of $5 million in federal coronavirus recovery funding, officials said.

ARIZONA Phoenix: Education leaders across Arizona fear a looming recession created by the coronavirus could again mean reductions in school funding.

ARKANSAS Pine Bluff: A lack of personal protective equipment is affecting Jefferson’s County first responders. The supply of N95 masks are critically low, which is the first line of defense for front-line workers against the new coronavirus. Pine Bluff Fire Department Chief Shauwn Howell said the department has a minimal supply and is carefully managing its use of the masks.

CALIFORNIA Simi Valley: The family of a U.S. Marine killed in Iraq last month had to postpone his memorial service because of restrictions on large gatherings in California to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. On Sunday morning, they were surprised with a parade outside their Simi Valley home that began with a police helicopter flyover, followed by about 1,500 law enforcement vehicles, fire engines and cars.

COLORADO Fort Collins: The state is conducting targeted testing for the new coronavirus in Weld County through Tuesday, state officials said. Testing is open to any Weld County resident with symptoms of the virus.

CONNECTICUT Storrs: Colleges and universities across the state are looking at public health guidance and contingency plans as they consider resuming in-person classes scrapped amid the coronavirus pandemic.

DELAWARE Dover: Dover Air Force Base has loosened access to the base, along with restrictions to the commissary and pharmacy.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington: Mayor Muriel Bowser named the leaders who will oversee the Reopen D.C. Advisory Group, WUSA-TV reported. She also shared details on the city’s hospital surge plan and efforts to give D.C. hospitals a grant to accommodate a surge.

FLORIDA Sarasota: Calls to child abuse hotlines across the state have fallen, with about 10% fewer calls in March. That’s possibly because schools have been shuttered since mid-March in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

GEORGIA Cleveland: The Cottage Vineyard & Winery has held virtual tastings via Facebook at 5 p.m. each Thursday for the past four weeks.

HAWAII Honolulu: The Hawaii Supreme Court has ordered judicial system officials to move more quickly in complying with its decision for the release nonviolent inmates because of the coronavirus pandemic.

IDAHO Boise: An anti-vaccine activist who was arrested after she repeatedly refused orders by police to leave a playground that had been closed because of the coronavirus pandemic has apologized to the police officer.

INDIANA Indianapolis: Tighter business restrictions have been imposed in a northern Indiana county where a coronavirus outbreak prompted the closure of a Tyson Foods meatpacking plant.

IOWA Iowa City: Gov. Kim Reynolds said Monday she will partially reopen businesses and churches in 77 of Iowa’s 99 counties, even as the state is suffering from fast-growing numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths.

KANSAS Lawrence: The University of Kansas is temporarily slashing the pay of high-ranking administrators and athletic staff in anticipation of the coronavirus pandemic causing tens of millions of dollars in financial losses.

KENTUCKY Louisville: With the 146th Running of the Roses postponed until September, the city on Monday began what would have been Derby week trying to regain a semblance of normalcy. Dentists, optometrists and chiropractors were allowed to see patients in-person for the first time since late March.

LOUISIANA New Orleans: If he had not died during a pandemic, Larry Arthur Hammond, 70, would have had a funeral befitting a Zulu king. Instead, only 10 people were allowed into the funeral parlor on April 22, his widow grieving from a socially distanced chair while family and friends strained to hear through cellphones on speaker mode. Hammond, the 2007 king of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, a retired postal worker and Air Force veteran who tutored, mentored and provided Christmas presents through Omega Psi Phi, died March 31 of COVID-19.

MAINE Portland: Gov. Janet Mills said Monday she asked two key advisory committees on economic forecasting and state revenue to meet earlier than usual as her administration plans for what’s expected to be a major budget crisis.

MARYLAND Baltimore: A 250-bed field hospital opened at the Baltimore Convention Center to treat patients who are finishing their recoveries from the new coronavirus, officials announced.

MASSACHUSETTS Boston: A hedge fund executive and philanthropist pledged Monday to match donations up to $1 million to Massachusetts General Hospital’s efforts to fight the new coronavirus.

MICHIGAN Lansing: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer defended the extension of her stay-at-home order as the “best weapon to defeat” the new coronavirus in a newspaper opinion piece Sunday and signed two more executive orders related to the pandemic.

MINNESOTA Sartell: The Sartell Apple Duathlon and Buffalo Triathlon have been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a post on the Sartell Apple Duathlon’s Facebook page.

MISSISSIPPI Jackson: Gun rights advocates said Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba doesn’t have the legal authority to ban the open carry of firearms during the coronavirus pandemic. Citing the death of two children to recent gun violence and other incidents, Lumumba said in a video on Friday that he signed an executive order to temporarily ban open carry of firearms so long as there’s a civil emergency related to the pandemic.

MISSOURI Jefferson City: A report released this month said applications for food stamps increased 64% from February to March in Missouri. The report from the Missouri Budget Project said 61,164 people applied for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, up from 37,201 in February, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

MONTANA Great Falls: For the first time in their 20-year history in Great Falls, the Poor Clares, a cloistered order of nuns, emerged from their monastery to raise their hands in blessing over the city and sing the blessing of St. Clare.

NEBRASKA Omaha: Churches are taking a cautious approach to resuming worship services even though the state will allow them to gather their members again starting next month.

NEVADA Las Vegas: The city returned to the wedding business nearly six weeks after the Marriage License Bureau was closed to limit the spread of the new coronavirus.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Rye: Police are advising surfers to catch a wave elsewhere or face the prospective of a fine. A group of surfers as large as 10 has largely ignored an order closing beaches along the New Hampshire coast because of the coronavirus pandemic.

NEW JERSEY Trenton: The Navy Blue Angels and the Air Force Thunderbirds will conduct a series of flyovers of cities starting Tuesday over Trenton, Newark, New Jersey, New York City and Philadelphia.

NEW MEXICO Grants: Mayor Martin “Modey” Hicks and several dozen supporters rallied Monday as he encouraged business owners in his community to defy the governor’s lockdown order that shuttered nonessential shops to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

NEW YORK New York City: Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city will close 40 miles of streets to cars next month and up to 100 miles during the duration of the coronavirus pandemic in order to give pedestrians more room to move while maintaining social distancing.

NORTH CAROLINA Beaufort: The Carteret County Department of Human Services announced Monday that officials are reopening all of its maintained beach access points at Salter Path, Radio Island and Harkers Island.

NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: The coronavirus pandemic has caused many day care centers in North Dakota to shut down. Those choosing to remain open have experienced a large decrease in attendance, but the state is working to keep the programs afloat through a grant program.

OHIO Columbus: Gov. Mike DeWine announced a gradual two-week roll-out to reopen the state, at the end of which manufacturing, distribution and construction companies, offices and retail businesses can open their doors as long as they follow strict health and social distancing practices.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Dozens of runners participated in a mock event to commemorate the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon after the long-distance race was postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic.

OREGON Portland: Gov. Kate Brown apologized Sunday to people who have encountered problems trying to apply for unemployment during the coronavirus pandemic.

PENNSYLVANIA Waterford: Waterford Heritage Days, the community’s yearly celebration of its history and citizens, has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Erie Times News reported.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: Gov. Gina Raimondo said Monday her goal is still to lift the state’s stay-at-home order on May 8 and the next day start a “slow and methodical and careful” economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: Gov. Henry McMaster was expected Monday to extend the state’s emergency declaration that allows him to issue executive orders to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. McMaster spokesman Brian Symmes said the declaration would come as the current 15-day declaration expires.

SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: City and state officials will work with Smithfield Foods this week on reopening sometime soon, Mayor Paul TenHaken said. The meat packing plant that was at one point home to the nation’s largest coronavirus hot spot has been closed since April 15.

TENNESSEE Nashville: Most of Tennessee’s restaurants were given the green light to allow dine-in service Monday as part of Gov. Bill Lee’s directive to begin reopening the state’s economy.

TEXAS Austin: Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday his stay-at-home order “has done its job” and he will let the restriction expire at the end of the month. The governor’s “Phase One” plan will begin Friday, allowing all retail stores, restaurants, movie theaters and malls to reopen at 25% capacity.

UTAH St. George: Washington County Commissioners and officials with the Southwest Utah Public Health Department discussed plans Monday to reopen the county on May 1.

VERMONT Marshfield: A limited number of Vermonters are returning to work this week and must abide by safety measures after Republican Gov. Phil Scott eased some of the restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, but he warned Monday that things are not back to normal and the stay-home order remains in effect.

VIRGINIA Falls Church: A gun range must be allowed to open to customers despite a statewide executive order requiring nonessential businesses to close to slow the spread of the coronavirus, a judge ruled Monday.

WASHINGTON Seattle: The Seattle Opera will be able to rehire 180 workers for a period of time through a $2.3 million loan that it received under the federal coronavirus stimulus plan, it said in a statement.

WEST VIRGINIA Kenova: More than 40 employees at Braskem America’s facility near Kenova have volunteered to live at the plant since March 31, ramping up production of polymer materials used in medical supplies, Braskem spokesman Gerard McGuigan told The Herald-Dispatch.

WISCONSIN Madison: Dog groomers, upholsterers, lawnmower repair shops and other nonessential businesses that can offer contact-less services will be allowed to reopen, Gov. Tony Evers announced Monday. Outdoor recreational rental businesses, such as boats, golf carts and kayaks, can also reopen, along with self-service or automatic car washes.

WYOMING Casper: Amid a severe shortage of housing for tribal members on the Wind River Reservation, a new challenge has further illustrated the crisis the tribes face: the new coronavirus. Although the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes have recently been awarded grants to build more housing, the money won’t come close to fixing the problem, and it won’t help as the tribes deal with the more immediate challenge of mitigating the spread of COVID-19.