TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The cost of upgrading security at Kansas’ major mental hospitals in Osawatomie and Larned in order to avoid allowing concealed carry firearms in the building could reach $25 million.

A state law beginning in July requires an open-door policy at the two hospitals serving people with severe mental illnesses unless extraordinary security measures have been taken to protect patients. The same law requires Kansas’ community mental health centers, public hospitals and public universities to allow individuals with concealed guns if there is no airport-level screening at building entrances.

Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services Secretary Tim Keck told a House committee Thursday that the statute applies to the state hospitals, and it could cost an estimated $25 million to install metal detection equipment and bolster security staff.

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Small and medium-sized Missouri companies interested in exporting their products overseas could get a boost from a state economic program.

State officials were in Joplin last week to discuss the State Trade & Export Promotion, which offers grants to encourage companies to consider new overseas markets.

The U.S. Small Business Administration announced in February that Missouri would receive $634,000 toward STEP. The program focuses on one part of the world for market development each year. This year’s target is the Middle East, specifically the United Arab Emirates.

American Ramp Co., one of the largest skate park and ramp manufacturers in the country, is in Joplin. Brandon Robinson, an official with the company, says the program prompted American Ramp to consider the Middle East as a market.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Monopoly is making changes: The boot has been booted, the wheelbarrow has been wheeled out, and the thimble got the thumbs down in the latest version of the board game.

In their place this fall will be a Tyrannosaurus rex, a penguin and a rubber ducky.

Pawtucket, Rhode Island-based Hasbro says more than 4.3 million voters from 146 countries weighed in on which tokens they wanted to see in future versions of the property-acquisition board game, which is based on the real-life streets of Atlantic City, New Jersey.

There were 64 contenders, including a winking emoji, a hashtag, a clunky ’80s-style cellphone and a pair of bunny slippers.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House has passed a bill that would require teenagers to be older before they could get married without permission from a judge.

House members voted 139-1 Thursday to send the measure to the Senate.

Under current law, children ages 15-17 can get married with permission from a parent, and those younger than 15 need approval from a judge.

A bill by Republican Rep. Jean Evans would still allow 17 year olds to get married with parental permission, but those younger than that would need a judge’s approval following a court hearing. The bill also would ban marriages if one partner is at least 21 years old and the other is younger than 17.

Evans says she wants to prevent child marriages used to disguise abuse and human trafficking.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A bill advancing in the Missouri Legislature would change whom patients could sue for medical malpractice.

The bill passed the House 101-50 Thursday and now goes to the Senate.

If made law, patients could only sue hospitals if the physician accused of wrongdoing is an employee. Hospitals couldn’t be sued because of doctors who only have admitting privileges.

Republican Rep. Kevin Austin says it’s unfair to sue hospitals for malpractice by a doctor who only performs some work there.

But opponents argued the bill would make it harder for injured patients to recoup damages.

The bill stems from a 2014 appeals court decision in favor of two children trying to sue Missouri Baptist Medical Center after a radiologist failed to detect that their mother had colon cancer, which killed her.

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Ranchers in northern Colorado have been helping out counterparts in southern Kansas who were affected by wildfires.

A group of Routt County ranchers donated money and 15 tons of hay to ranchers in Kansas who lost property to the fires.

Rancher Kyle Monger organized the humanitarian effort after he heard a friend had lost most of his ranch near Ashland, Kansas. Monger says he’s grateful that the Routt County community quickly came together for those in need.

Hayden trucker Donnie Hayes says the family he delivered the hay to lost everything except for their vehicles and some cattle that had sought refuge in a pond as fire engulfed the ranch.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say manhole covers were sent flying by explosions resulting from an underground electrical fire in Sioux City.

Firefighters were sent to the scene around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Assistant Fire Chief Dan Cougill says the fire stemmed from a system failure and that a pressure buildup caused the explosions. No injuries have been reported.

The fire knocked out power in several downtown blocks.

AUBURN, Neb. (AP) — A former Peru State College basketball player accused of stabbing three other Peru State athletes is scheduled for a May trial.

Court records say 24-year-old Jeffland Neverson, from Brooklyn, New York, has pleaded not guilty to assault, use of a weapon and tampering with evidence — all felonies. His trial is set to begin May 1 in Nemaha County District Court in Auburn.

Authorities say the crimes occurred after a fight broke out Sept. 17 last year about a block from the Peru State stadium in Peru. Several Peru State football and basketball players were involved in the melee. At least three of the athletes required medical treatment.