What We`re Reading: Top State Stories 9/26
(WorldNews Environment)

washingtonpost.com Violent crime increased in the United States for a second consecutive year in 2016, remaining near historically low levels but pushed upward in part by an uptick in killings in some major cities, according to new FBI statistics. nytimes.com Connecticut is the only state in the country that has not enacted a budget for this year. Now the state is barreling toward a key deadline Oct. 1, when an executive order on state spending calls for more painful reductions. apnews.com A federal judge permanently struck down provisions of an Indiana law passed last year that would have banned abortions sought due to fetal genetic abnormalities and required that aborted fetuses be buried...