BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota is allowing arguments over the scope of his injunction blocking a new rule that would give the federal government jurisdiction over some smaller waterways.

U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson in Fargo last week issued a temporary injunction requested by North Dakota and 12 other states to stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers from regulating some small waterways under the Clean Water Act.

The EPA said the injunction applied only to the 13 states that sued, including Missouri. But North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem (STEN’-jem), who filed the injunction request, says his reading of the ruling was that it applied to all 50 states.

The judge gave attorneys until Tuesday afternoon to file briefs on the issue.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Ethics Commission has found that lobbyists likely broke state laws requiring them to name lawmakers they buy meals for.

The commission issued letters of concern to seven lobbyists this past week regarding a Texas steak house dinner with legislators.

The lobbyists were among 15 who split a nearly $5,700 dinner bill for about 40 people — including five Missouri lawmakers — during last year’s annual American Legislative Exchange Council meeting. The group provides model legislation for conservative lawmakers.

The commission says the Missouri lobbyists improperly reported the meal as being bought for the General Assembly but not all lawmakers were invited.

The Ethics Commission says the lobbyists believed all legislators had been invited and later corrected their reports to list the expenses as going toward individual lawmakers.

ROGERSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A deck collapse at a home near Springfield has sent seven people to the hospital.

The deck gave way Saturday night while eight people were on it.

The Logan-Rogersville Fire Department says five people were taken to the hospital by ambulance, while two others drove themselves.

None of the injuries are said to be life threatening.

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Jurors are set to hear closing arguments in the case of a white supremacist charged with killing three people at two Jewish sites in Kansas.

Deliberations are to begin after closing arguments conclude Monday in the capital murder trial of Frazier Glenn Miller.

The 74-year-old Missouri man is acting as his own attorney and told jurors Friday that the prosecutor had a “slum dunk.”

Miller has admitted that he drove to two Jewish sites in Overland Park, Kansas, in April 2014 with the intent of killing Jews. He has pleaded not guilty because he says Jewish people are committing genocide against the white race and it was his duty to stop them. None of the victims was Jewish.

If convicted, Miller could be sentenced to death.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wyatt Earp re-enactor is missing guns and ammunition after a thief broke into his car.

The theft happened Saturday night after the re-enactor spent the day portraying the frontier lawman at a Wichita history museum. The Wichita Eagle reports that while he was inside a restaurant, the back window of his car was smashed.

Sergeant Bob Gulliver, a police spokesman, says the re-enactor reported that someone made off with four handguns.

Also missing were holsters and several thousand rounds of both blank and live ammunition. The victim’s appearance earlier in the day at the Old Cowtown Museum was part of an event called the “Age of the Gunfighter.”

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Starting this week, delinquent Missouri taxpayers can pay back taxes without penalties or interest under a temporary amnesty program.

The program begins Tuesday and runs through November 30th.

Participants must follow tax laws and pay on time for the next eight years or face paying previously waived fines and interest.

Revenue department estimates show roughly 350,000 taxpayers could be eligible, potentially making the program one of the most high-impact legislative measures this year.

The amnesty period is expected to raise more than $75 million for the state. Lawmakers earmarked about $40 million to pay for adult dental benefits for Medicaid recipients and a provider rate increase. The rest would be considered general revenue.

Similar tax amnesty programs were enacted this year in Kansas, Indiana, Maryland and Oklahoma.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack at the Wichita airport will soon face his punishment.

U.S. District Judge Monti Belot is scheduled to sentence Terry L. Loewen on Monday.

The 60-year-old man pleaded guilty in June to attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. He struck a deal with prosecutors for a 20-year sentence that the judge has said he’s “almost certain” to impose.

The former avionics technician was arrested in 2013 while trying to bring a van filled with inert explosives onto the tarmac at what was then called Mid-Continent Airport.

The Center on National Security at Fordham Law School says Loewen’s case is among 462 terror prosecutions associated with groups such as al-Qaida and the Islamic State since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

OZAWKIE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a 30-year-old man has drowned at Perry Lake in northeast Kansas.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man as Jeremy Welch, of Bonner Springs. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that he jumped into the lake Saturday night and didn’t resurface.

Sheriff Jeff Herrig says the drowning happened at Party Cove, which is a popular spot for boaters to gather on the lake. Four divers searched for 30 to 40 minutes before locating Welch’s body.