SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says she regrets discretionary spending of taxpayer money that included $6,500 on groceries and alcohol.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A woman was arrested in California after she was accused of abandoning her 3-year-old child in a Las Vegas casino restroom in December, authorities said.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana legislators are supporting proposals that would permanently allow members of local government boards to participate virtually in public meetings.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A $2.5 million federal grant awarded to Michigan will be used to address health care staffing shortages in the state’s rural communities.

BOSTON (AP) — A day after Massachusetts residents trying to sign up for a coronavirus vaccine were frustrated by a website crash, they encountered a different problem on Friday: a lack of open appointments.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Expect more redistricting litigation in North Carolina backed by a national Democratic group that Eric Holder leads unless state Republicans accept anti-gerrymandering reforms this year, the former U.S. attorney general said Friday.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators and a powerful business group are pushing a proposal to make it harder for unemployed Kansas workers to get extended benefits, arguing that extra weeks of aid are available even when thousands of jobs remain unfilled.