LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska had an average of 1 million nonfarm jobs for the first time last year, and the number has grown steadily since 2010.

Gov. Pete Ricketts touted the milestone on Tuesday at a news conference with state labor and economic development officials and business leaders.

The Nebraska Department of Labor reports that the state saw a net increase of more than 13,000 jobs between 2014 and last year. Trade, transportation and utility jobs had the highest employment levels, followed by education and health care services.

Ricketts says he plans to keep pushing for job and business growth with a business summit, international trade missions, a first-in-the-nation state reemployment program and efforts to reduce taxes.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two brothers have been sentenced to 15 years in prison for fatally shooting a 21-year-old Kansas City, Missouri, man last year.

The Kansas City Star reports that 19-year-old Shyreif Carter and 21-year-old Teandre Carter pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder, attempted robbery and two counts of armed criminal action.

Teandre Carter also pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property.

Shawndray Key was found inside a vehicle fatally shot on April 9, 2015.

Court records say Shyreif Carter later told police he and his brother were going to steal drugs and a gun from Key.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas regulators have reduced the amount Westar Energy can earn on transmission costs, which will save customers about $18 million over the next 12 months.

The Kansas Corporation Commission made the decision Tuesday. The commission said in a news release that the savings stem from a complaint it filed last year with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, alleging that Westar had over-earned on its transmission costs.

In March, FERC approved a settlement agreement between the KCC and Westar Energy. The reduction in transmission costs should save average households about $1.50 a month.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has signed off on a new education funding law that boosts state aid to poor school districts. The justices issued a brief order Tuesday saying that the Legislature “has currently satisfied” the court’s previous orders on education funding by approving the measure last week.

The decision ends a threat that the state’s public schools would be shut down after Thursday.

The court issued its three-page order a day after Republican Gov. Sam Brownback signed the school finance measure into law. Lawyers for the state and attorneys for four school districts suing the state submitted a joint statement saying that the measure complied with the court’s dictates.

The justices ruled last month that the state’s school funding system remained unfair to poor school districts.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed several tax breaks and proposed changes to state litigation policies.

Nixon on Tuesday criticized bills to create what he described as special interest tax breaks for yoga studios, employee-owned businesses and those who have received federal agricultural disaster money.

Nixon also slammed lawmakers for passing a number of changes to laws on litigation practices.

One bill Nixon vetoed would add requirements for expert witnesses’ testimony. Another would change how medical expenses are handled in court.

Republican proponents had argued the measures promote fairness in litigation. Nixon said they would make court proceedings more expensive and would limit recoveries by injured people.

Lawmakers can try to override Nixon’s actions during a short September session.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City man who tried unsuccessfully to firebomb an office of U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison with no chance of parole.

Eric King was sentenced Tuesday in federal court for the Sept. 11, 2014, vandalism at Cleaver’s congressional office in downtown Kansas City. No one was in the building at the time and two Molotov cocktails did not ignite.

King pleaded guilty in March to using explosive materials to commit arson.

Investigators say King broke an office window with a hammer. One of the firebombs went through the window and another bounced off the side of the building.

Kansas City police had investigated King in connection with several anti-government incidents near the congressional office during the Labor Day weekend in 2014.

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas man is charged with stealing a shuttle van at an airport and then trying to take off in a jet to fly to Miami.

The Kansas City Star reports 21-year-old Adam Scott, of Overland Park, was charged Friday in Clay County, Missouri, with two counts of first-degree tampering. He also faces a tampering charge in Platte County.

Investigators say Scott took the van from Kansas City International Airport after he couldn’t afford to buy tickets. He allegedly drove to Wheeler Downtown Airport, where he again tried to buy tickets but couldn’t.

Scott eventually got into the cockpit of an Embraer Phenom 300 that was preparing for takeoff. He tried to manipulate the controls but was arrested within minutes.

Court records don’t indicate that Scott has an attorney.

BOSTON (AP) — Toy guns, kiddie pools, hoverboards and backyard trampolines are among the playthings that have made a consumer watchdog’s annual list of hazardous summer toys.

The Massachusetts-based World Against Toys Causing Harm, or W.A.T.C.H., has presented its annual report at a children’s hospital in Boston.

Joan Siff, the group’s president, says the items named on the list aren’t the only risky toys on the market. She says they’re meant to represent the range of hazards faced by children with summer toys.

Siff says the summer months account for nearly half of all injury-related deaths to children. She adds that more than 2.5 million children are injured in accidents each summer.

W.A.T.C.H. has released a “worst toys” list for more than 30 years.

NEW YORK (AP) — Ikea is recalling 29 million chests and dressers after six children were killed when the furniture toppled over and fell on them.

The company says that all chests and dressers should be attached to a wall to prevent them from toppling over. Ikea says anyone who owns a chest or dresser that is not mounted to a wall should remove them out of reach from children.

Ikea is offering free kits to attach the chests and dressers to a wall. Customers can also ask Ikea for a refund.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says that at least six children, all of whom were 3 years old or younger, were killed when an Ikea chest or dresser fell on them.

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge has ordered the second trial for a former lottery official accused of fixing jackpots in several states to be held outside of central Iowa because of extensive media coverage.

The Des Moines Register reports a trial date and location for Eddie Tipton will be set later.

Tipton, formerly an information security director for the Multi-State Lottery Association, was convicted last year of fraud stemming from an attempt to rig a 2010 Iowa Hot Lotto drawing. He’s appealed that verdict.

After his conviction, Tipton was charged with new counts of ongoing criminal conduct and money laundering tied to drawings in several other states.

Judge Bradley McCall cites defense lawyers’ concerns about media coverage that could taint a jury against Tipton including nearly 500 pages of news reports.