News of the day from around the nation, March 29

In a statement Tuesday, Stabenow said she can’t support Judge Neil Gorsuch, complaining about his “long record of siding with special interests and institutions instead of hard-working Americans.”

[...] 19 Democrats have announced their opposition, raising the prospects of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell changing Senate rules to get Gorsuch confirmed.

Hero’s reward:

Since Ian Grillot intervened in a shooting in February that left one Indian immigrant dead and another one wounded, Indian immigrants have rallied to help him in return.

3 Flint water: A federal judge approved a deal Tuesday to replace water lines at 18,000 homes in Flint, Mich., marking a permanent fix to overcome the disastrous decision in 2014 to draw water from a river without treating it to prevent lead contamination.

The Tulsa World reports that aerial gunners are already used to help control feral swine in Oklahoma, but the work can only be done by trained, licensed contractors.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said in her majority opinion that Texas’ top criminal appeals court ignored current medical standards and required use of outdated criteria when it decided Moore isn’t mentally disabled.