State of the States ALABAMA
unused college dorms should be used for migrant housing, but they could have trouble finding vacancies. When Texas and other
FIGHT TO KEEP SPACE HQ
Alabama legislators from both parties are fighting the Biden administration’s plan to prevent Space Command headquarters from being located in their state. Huntsville, which earned the nickname Rocket City from the post-war years when Wernher von Braun put the U.S. ahead in the space race, topped all bases that applied for the permanent HQ. But the White House
wants to stop the move, partly blaming Alabama’s new post-Roe restrictive abortion laws. “I just hope that we get
to the point where politics is put to the side, that we’re focusing on the merits of the decision, why that decision was made, and they made the right choice,” said Rep. Anthony Davis, Democrat minority leader, in a video released by the legislators.
MAINE
border states began busing migrants north, homeless shelters in Maine filled up as asylum-seekers awaited work permits. A committee of Portland
of icials, social services agencies, and others have asked the state to look into using college dorms, but most “unused” rooms already are being rented to temporary workers and nursing students, said Tory Ryden, a spokesperson for the University of Maine System. “It really is a situation that needs a longer-term solution,” she said.
CALIFORNIA charities; and
providing chaplains or other spiritual care. The top faith-friendly
Fortune 500 companies for the year were:
Intel
American Airlines Equinix PayPal Salesforce Dell AIG Tyson Foods Google Texas Instruments
MISSISSIPPI
READING SCORES GAIN Mississippi has gone from being the second-worst state for fourth-grade reading in 2013 to 21st in 2022. Two other Deep South states, Louisiana and Alabama, also saw modest gains. Long known for the phrase
FAITH-FRIENDLY COMPANIES Silicon Valley’s Intel
Corp. was named the most faith-friendly of large companies by the Religious Freedom and Business Foundation for 2023. Measures used to
COLLEGE DORMS FOR MIGRANTS Advocates in Maine say
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determine the ranking include sponsoring of faith- based af iliations such as employee resource groups; religion featured on the company’s main diversity page; matching employee donations to religious
“Thank God for Mississippi” as a cudgel for states that ranked just above them, it is now being touted as the “Mississippi Miracle,” with educators around the country pointing to how rapid progress is possible even in areas steeped in decades of poverty and illiteracy. “We know how to teach
reading,” Kymyona Burk, the state’s former literacy director who is now a national advocate, told the Clarion Ledger. “We just have to do it everywhere.”
RHODE ISLAND
STAINED-GLASS MYSTERY A stained-glass window
of the now-closed St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Warren, Rhode Island, shows Jesus Christ, Martha, Mary, and the Samaritan woman at the well as people of color. The artwork, installed in 1878, is believed to be one of the oldest stained-glass windows with this depiction. The window shows Christ
relating to the women as equals. The skin tones were first noticed in 2020, when the windows were removed and could be seen more clearly.
The window has been
examined by scholars, historians, and experts seeking the motivations of the artist, the church, and the woman who commissioned the window in memory of her two aunts, both of whom married into families that had been involved in the slave trade.
CONNECTICUT
GETTING OFF EASY Connecticut is renumbering
exit numbers on its busiest interstates to meet federal standards; I-84, I-91, and I-95 are among those highways aff ected. New exit numbers will be
mileage-based and will help drivers determine distances with greater accuracy. Old highway numbers will be displayed for a short time to lessen confusion. The project will take 10 years.
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