COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri department tasked with cleaning, maintaining and fixing buildings on the Columbia campus is eliminating 50 jobs.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the move involving MU Operations comes a month after university administrators announced they were cutting spending by 5 percent and putting a hiring freeze in place. That’s to address an anticipated $32 million budget gap for the fiscal year that starts in July.

The cuts do not include campus police or the school’s environmental health and safety department.

Gary Ward is the campus’ vice chancellor for operations and chief operating officer. He says in a memo to staff that the spending cuts will leave MU Operations unable to sustain current service levels.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican businessman Donald Trump and former Democratic Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have been certified as the winners of Missouri’s presidential primaries.

The results of the March 15 primaries were made official Tuesday. But the losing candidates still have seven days to request a recount.

Trump led Texas Sen. Ted Cruz by 1,965 votes out of more than 939,000 cast in the Republican primary.

Clinton led Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders by 1,574 votes out of more than 629,000 cast in the Democratic primary.

Under Missouri law, candidates who lose by less than one-half of a percentage point can request a recount at state expense.

Sanders previously said he won’t do so.

The Associated Press has not declared Trump the winner because Cruz has not ruled out a recount.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Federal investigators looking into the theft of artwork — including Andy Warhol prints of Campbell soup cans — at a southwest Missouri hope a $25,000 reward stirs up leads.

The Springfield News-Leader reports the FBI announced the reward Monday.

The FBI says the break-in at the Springfield Art Museum took place early on April 7 and involved the theft of seven of 10 Andy Warhol prints on permanent display. The site’s Warhol collection is valued at $500,000.

City spokeswoman Cora Scott says the museum is a city department funded through property taxes. She says all the works at the museum are covered by a fine arts insurance policy that has an annual premium of roughly $14,000.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — A man has been arrested after Hutchinson police say he fatally stabbed his wife’s pit bull for keeping him awake.

The Hutchinson News reports that the 59-year-old man was arrested around 11:30 p.m. Saturday on suspicion of animal cruelty and disorderly conduct.

Hutchinson police Lt. Marty Robertson said that the man was trying to sleep and the dog was being loud. According to Robertson, the man put the dog outside, but it kept barking and he told his wife that if the dog did not stop, he would kill it.

Police say the man’s wife told officers that she heard a loud yelp from the dog and ran outside to find her husband with a bloody knife.  She took the dog to a veterinarian, but the dog did not survive.

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — A gravestone has been provided for a Springfield police officer who was fatally shot by two suspects in January 1932.

Officer Charles Houser of the Springfield Police Department was among six law enforcement officers killed by brothers Harry and Jennings Young at their family farmhouse in rural Greene County. His body was returned to Joplin for burial at his family plot, but his grave remained unmarked for more than 80 years.

A mortuary in Jefferson City donated the headstone for Houser’s grave. It was placed at his burial site Friday.

The Young brothers reportedly died after shooting themselves in Houston.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is directing state agencies not to ask about candidates’ criminal history in initial job applications.

Nixon traveled to St. Louis on Monday to announce the “ban-the-box” policy.

Nixon’s executive order directs departments, boards and commissions under the executive branch to strip questions about criminal history from initial job applications. There would be an exception for crimes that would make an applicant ineligible.

It’s aimed at helping those who have spent time in prison compete for jobs. The state’s Department of Corrections says the unemployment rate for those on parole last year was 44 percent.

The advocacy group National Employment Law Project says 21 states have implemented similar policies.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas says the number of abortions performed in Kansas declined 4.4 percent last year and dropped below 7,000 for the first time since 1987.

The state Department of Health and Environment issued a preliminary report Monday saying that 6,974 abortions were reported in Kansas or by its residents in 2015. That’s 320 fewer than for 2014.

The totals include reports for several dozen Kansas women having abortions in other states. In both years, nearly half of the reported abortions were for patients who came to Kansas from elsewhere, mainly Missouri.

Kansas has tightened abortion restrictions in recent years and last year banned a common second-trimester procedure.

But a lawsuit has kept the ban on hold, so Kansas saw only a small decline in the affected method, to 629 last year.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The chief deputy in the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office has been named as Lincoln’s new police chief.

Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler announced Monday that 43-year-old Jeffrey Bliemeister will begin his new role in the Lincoln Police Department on April 26, after receiving approval from the City Council.

Bliemeister was chosen among six finalists and will replace Jim Peschong, who retired in February.

Bliemeister has been chief deputy since 2012 and began his career in law enforcement in 1996.

The Lincoln Police Department has about 460 staff members

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri would legalize the growing of industrial hemp as a raw material for manufacturing under a measure advancing in the Legislature.

The House on Monday voted 123-29 to pass the legislation and send it to the Senate.

The bill would legalize and regulate the cultivation of hemp, which contains very low levels of the psychoactive chemical tetrahydrocannabinol in marijuana.

Sponsor Republican Rep. Paul Curtman touts the bill as an economic development boost.

Businesses seeking to grow hemp would have to go through a licensing process and undergo a background check. The crop would be subject to inspection.

The measure now heads to the Senate. A similar bill died in that chamber in the last few days of last year’s session.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The public has a chance to give Missouri lawmakers feedback on a proposed constitutional amendment to protect some businesses that object to same-sex marriage.

The Missouri House Emerging Issues Committee on Tuesday is set to hear testimony on the measure.

The hearing is the first since Senate Democrats staged a failed filibuster against the legislation for 37 hours. Since then, some top business groups and Missouri companies have criticized the measure.

The proposal would allow voters to decide whether to amend the Missouri Constitution to prohibit government penalties against those who cite religious beliefs while declining to provide wedding-related services to same-sex couples.

The religious protections would apply to clergy, religious organizations and some businesses such as florists and photographers.