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ALABAMA Selma: A project to light the iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge could be completed by next summer, organizers say.

ALASKA Anchorage: Rental rates across the state have risen during the pandemic, and it’s tougher to find an apartment, a new study indicates. ARIZONA Phoenix: Citizens can help draw new congressional and legislative districts with mapping software made available by the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. ARKANSAS Little Rock: The state reported 31 more COVID-19 deaths and 646 new cases Monday. CALIFORNIA Livermore: About 3,100 acres of open space in the San Francisco Bay Area could soon be preserved as a state park under a

$31 million agreement that would keep what’s known as the Tesla parcel from becoming part of a neighboring off-road vehicle park. COLORADO Denver: The state Supreme Court ruled Monday that police officers violated a man’s constitutional rights when they installed a video camera on a utility pole near his home and spied on him for months without getting a warrant. CONNECTICUT Hartford: Schools will be required to teach Native American studies, with an emphasis on local tribes, under a new state law. DELAWARE Wilmington: Beebe Healthcare and Tidal Health will temporarily pause elective surgeries due to spikes in COVID-19 hospitalizations, officials said Monday. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington: U.S. Capitol Police and D.C. police have taken several steps, such as boarding up some areas and installing cameras, to prepare for a rally planned Saturday in support of Jan. 6 riot defendants, WUSA-TV reports. FLORIDA Jacksonville: Attorney Mike Freed, who created an annual series of marathons raising money for Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, is asking lawyers around the country to donate their time to help to prevent a deluge of pandemic-related evictions. GEORGIA Calhoun: Gordon County is negotiating a deal for its employees to work extra at a hospital over capacity due to COVID-19 patients. HAWAII Honolulu: The median sale price for a single-family home on Oahu has surpassed $1 million. IDAHO Boise: An arrest warrant has been issued for Aaron von Ehlinger, a former state lawmaker who resigned in disgrace after a 19-year-old intern reported that he raped her.

ILLINOIS Springfield: Two nuclear plants would be saved from closure and carbon-emitting coal plants closed in the next quarter-century as part of a clean-energy package the state Senate approved Monday, sending it to Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

INDIANA Indianapolis: A Republican redistricting plan released Tuesday shores up a suburban congressional district for the GOP while leaving a potentially targeted Democratic district in northwestern Indiana intact. IOWA Mount Ayr: A woman whose husband died from a breakthrough COVID-19 infection is blaming Americans who refuse to wear masks or get vaccinated. “It’s that kind of attitude that killed my husband,” said Ardith Keplinger, whose husband, Gary, was buried this month.

KANSAS Lawrence: Hundreds of people protested Monday night outside a University of Kansas fraternity house where a member is accused of sexual assault. KENTUCKY Bardstown: Union workers, upset over the prospect of expanded weekend shifts, have manned picket lines at bottling and warehouse operations of bourbon giant Heaven Hill Distillery. LOUISIANA Slidell: A 12-foot-long alligator believed to have attacked a man in Hurricane Ida floodwaters two weeks ago was captured and killed Monday. Authorities found human remains in its stomach. MAINE Presque Isle: Potato growers in northern Maine anticipate a solid crop and stronger demand thanks to reopening restaurants. MARYLAND Annapolis: A panel of state lawmakers approved an emergency measure Tuesday to require masks in K-12 schools. MASSACHUSETTS Boston: Harvard University will fully divest itself from holdings in fossil fuels, President Lawrence Bacow announced. MICHIGAN Belle Isle: Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig formally announced his campaign for governor Tuesday – but not before protesters, who Craig claimed had been paid, derailed a kickoff event. MINNESOTA Minneapolis: Four former police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a federal hearing that included arguments on pretrial motions including requests to hold separate trials. MISSISSIPPI Hattiesburg: A third person has died as a result of a highway collapse amid torrential rain from Hurricane Ida. Amanda Williams, 39, of Wiggins, died Saturday, WLOX-TV reports. MONTANA Kalispell: The U.S. Forest Service has given preliminary approval to a plan for road building, logging and other forest management measures in the Swan Valley with the goal of reducing fire danger and enhancing habitat for several federally protected species.

NEBRASKA Lincoln: Lawmakers launched a special redistricting session Monday, with one proposal that would add a 50th state senator to maintain rural influence. NEVADA Las Vegas: A national advocacy group has filed a sweeping federal lawsuit aimed at convincing a judge the nation’s only legal brothels are dens of illegal sex trafficking and unconstitutional slavery. NEW HAMPSHIRE Manchester: A man has been accused of putting his baby into a clothes dryer and turning it on before the mother quickly stopped it, police said.

NEW JERSEY Asbury Park: The Sea Hear Now music festival returns to town this upcoming weekend after the 2020 event was canceled because of the pandemic.

NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: Election officials are deploying ballot drop boxes across the state ahead of Nov. 2’s local elections.

NEW YORK Albany: Parents of adults with severe autism and other disabilities say state officials are threatening to revoke funding for their children’s long-term care unless they send them to an in-state facility they describe as prison-like. NORTH CAROLINA Fayetteville: A fund set up to honor George Floyd and raise awareness about racial injustice said Monday that it has awarded more than $50,000 in scholarships since its creation and $25,000 to Fayetteville State University, a historically Black college. NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: A three-day national symposium to discuss the history and revitalization of the American bison has been postponed because of COVID-19, organizers said Monday. OHIO Columbus: Republicans and Democrats appeared closer to agreement Monday on a map of state legislative districts that could stand for the next 10 years, as a powerful new redistricting panel faced a looming Wednesday deadline. But a group that works to reduce gerrymandering flunked the Ohio GOP’s proposed state House map in an analysis.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: State health officials said Tuesday that coronavirus hospitalizations appear to be leveling off, but hospital stays are longer due to the delta variant. OREGON Troutdale: An explosion in a pickup truck killed a man early Monday and damaged a nearby home, authorities said. PENNSYLVANIA Carlisle: More than $104 million in Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls went uncollected last year as the agency fully converted to allelectronic tolling, with motorists who don’t use E-ZPass having a nearly 1 in 2 chance of riding without paying. RHODE ISLAND Providence: Brown University has paused in-person dining and instituted a limit of five people for undergraduate social gatherings in response to a recent rise in COVID-19 cases on campus.

SOUTH CAROLINA Greenwood: Residents say they were ducking for cover after pellets from a dove hunt started striking them, including kids playing outside. The land where 10 to 20 people were hunting is private property, and the landowner wasn’t doing anything illegal, authorities said. SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: State lawmakers on Monday rejected a handful of proposals for rules governing medical marijuana from Gov. Kristi Noem’s administration but approved the bulk of the program. TENNESSEE Memphis: Rhodes College is investigating after students reported racist and anti-Semitic incidents on campus, including a banana taped to the door of a dorm room housing two Black students. TEXAS Austin: Travis County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to allocate $110 million in federal funds to build thousands of housing units for people experiencing homelessness in the area.

UTAH Salt Lake City: A man displayed a rifle Saturday at a youth soccer tournament amid an unrelated argument, spreading panic through the crowd, police said Monday. VERMONT Burlington: The state on Tuesday became the latest to sue some of the country’s top fossil fuel companies by alleging they misled the public about the impact their products have on climate change. VIRGINIA Richmond: Five refugees from Afghanistan have been diagnosed with measles, health officials said Tuesday, and they’re working to identify possible exposures. WASHINGTON Seattle: The City Council has voted to move some of the $15 million in savings related to police officer departures to community-based programs.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations both smashed records yet again Monday as Gov. Jim Justice scolded residents who balk at COVID-19 vaccines. WISCONSIN Madison: A judge’s decision to release from a mental health facility a woman who helped stab her sixth grade classmate to please online horror character Slender Man has left the victim’s family nervous and afraid, a spokesman said Tuesday. WYOMING Cheyenne: The leader of the state Senate expects Gov. Mark Gordon to call a special legislation session on vaccine mandates, the Casper Star-Tribune reports.