JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is one of the latest states to enact legislation to legalize and regulate daily fantasy sports games.

Gov. Jay Nixon signed into law Friday a measure to give the state Gaming Commission oversight of the practice and require licensing fees. It takes effect in August.

Websites such as DraftKings and FanDuel will need to pay an annual operation fee of 11.5 percent of net revenues to operate in Missouri. Businesses also must pay an annual licensing fee of $10,000 or 10 percent of net revenue, whichever is lower.

The games will be limited to those at least 18 years old.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Missouri joins six other states in passing legislation to allow the games.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Work has begun in Iowa on an oil pipeline despite repeated attempts by landowners and environmental groups to stop it.

The Iowa Utilities Board signed a final order Wednesday allowing construction on the $3.8 billion, 1,150-mile pipeline. Lisa Dillinger, a spokeswoman for Texas-based Dakota Access, which is building the pipeline, confirmed Thursday that work is underway.

The pipeline will carry oil from North Dakota across South Dakota and Iowa before ending at a storage facility in Illinois.

Iowa was the last state to approve construction. Work began last month in the other three states.

The project faces at least five lawsuits and opposition group Bold Iowa said Thursday that 60 members have signed a pledge to risk arrest if necessary in nonviolent protests.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — A woman has given birth to a boy weighing in at 14 pounds, 4 ounces in Hutchinson.

Moses William Hilton arrived 11 days early on June 2 at the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was delivered by C-section and was 22 inches long.

Gina Hilton said she knew she was carrying a big baby because both of her and her husband’s daughters weighed around 9 pounds at birth.

Jill White, nursing director of the hospital’s birthing unit, tells the Hutchinson News Moses was the largest baby that had been delivered in her nine years of working at the hospital.

Hospital officials say that Moses is healthy and will remain at the hospital for a day or two more before going home.

NEW YORK (AP) — Three costumed characters who take photos with tourists in New York’s Times Square and ask for tips have been accused of refusing to give tourists change.

Police say people playing Iron Man, the Hulk and Anna from “Frozen” were taken into custody Thursday. The arrests came a day after the city started painting teal rectangles in pedestrian plazas designating where the costumed characters can pose with tourists and solicit tips.

Authorities say a man and a woman from Iowa took photos with the Anna character, who took $10 as a tip. Police say the tourists demanded change and Anna handed back $3 and walked off.

They say the out-of-towners also gave $10 to Iron Man and $10 to the Hulk, who refused to give them change. There’s no set tip amount, but tips are expected.

A police spokesman says charges against the three characters are pending.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kansas and Nebraska are among 21 states suing the State of Delaware to give back more than $150 million in uncashed money orders.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Thursday the states are suing Delaware over an escalating dispute involving uncashed money orders from Dallas-based MoneyGram.

MoneyGram has been submitting unclaimed money to Delaware, where the company is incorporated. The other states argue that the money should go back to the state where purchased.

Abandoned property is the third-largest source of general fund revenue for Delaware and is expected to total more than half a billion dollars in the current fiscal year. The huge amount stems from Delaware’s status as the legal home to more than 1 million businesses.

An audit shows that if other states join the lawsuit, the lawsuit could threaten an even larger portion of Delaware’s budget. $400 million could be slashed out of Delaware’s budget if the remaining states were to join the lawsuit and win. That amount would be equal to one-tenth of Delaware’s $4 billion budget.

Of the 21 states listed as plaintiffs, Texas would receive $10 million. Other states in the lawsuit are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah and West Virginia.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A top Republican legislator is drafting a proposed constitutional amendment to prevent Kansas courts from shutting down public schools in lawsuits over education funding.

Republican Gov. Sam Brownback has called a special session for lawmakers to address a Kansas Supreme Court decision that said the state’s education funding system is unfair to poor schools. The court said schools will be unable to reopen after June 30, if lawmakers don’t act.

The Kansas Senate’s vice president, Sen. Jeff King, outlined his proposal amendment Thursday and said he plans to have the Senate Judiciary Committee review it next week. The Republican chairs the committee, which will meet with its House counterpart before the special session starts June 23.

If lawmakers approve King’s proposed amendment, it would go on the ballot in November.

SALINA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas health officials said they are investigating after 30 Saline County children were found to have high levels of lead in their blood.

Saline County Health Department Director Jason Tiller said routine blood testing discovered the high lead levels between January 2015 and March 2016. He said investigators have not found an obvious cause or connection between the cases.

The state health department is planning a public hearing June 21 to discuss the investigation.

Health officials say no obvious symptoms indicate lead poisoning and there is no way to correct lead’s health effects.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A three-judge Missouri Court of Appeals panel said a judge correctly dismissed a lawsuit that sought an independent probe of a prosecutor’s handling of grand jury proceedings in the Ferguson police shooting of Michael Brown.

The panel in St. Louis ruled last week that a St. Louis County judge was “well within his discretion” in deciding not to appoint a special prosecutor to scrutinize the actions of county prosecutor Robert McCulloch.

Several activists sued for an outside review of McCulloch’s handling of the grand jury that in November 2014 cleared white Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in Brown’s death three months earlier.

The grand jury decision sparked sometimes-violent protests in Ferguson similar to the unrest that occurred in the St. Louis suburb immediately after the unarmed, black 18-year-old was killed.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A proposal to invest up to $27 million to improve Kansas City’s 18th and Vine jazz district stalled after it didn’t get sufficient support from a city council committee.

After a four-hour debate Wednesday, an attempt to send the measure out of committee failed on a 4-4 vote.

Supporters contend the public funds would help the historic district become a national destination. But critics wanted more assurance that the money would be well spent.

Supporters sought $27 million in bond funding over three years for a dozen key projects, including major investments in streetscape and a gateway plaza to connect 18th and Vine with the Crossroads Arts District and downtown.

The vote means the proposal will stay in committee for further discussion the future.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A central Missouri woman has admitted to stealing nearly $400,000 from her employer.

Federal prosecutors say Abbie Martin Stemper, of Versailles, pleaded guilty Tuesday to wire fraud and bank fraud.

Stemper was a bookkeeper and purchasing agent at Smith Paper & Janitor Supply in Eldon from 2009 to February 2015.

Prosecutors say Stemper stole the money in various ways, including selling the company’s products through her own businesses but not reimbursing Smith Paper & Janitor Supply. She also created false refunds and directed the refunds to her debit cards and various banks. And she altered the company’s Amazon account profile to deposit some payments to Amazon into her personal bank account.

She also stole customer checks from a company subsidiary, White Castle Service and Supply of Springfield.