TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Attorney General Derek Schmidt says the state has received 100,000 applications for its concealed carry program.

Schmidt says there are currently 89,399 active licenses issued in Kansas.

Gov. Sam Brownback signed a bill earlier this year eliminating the licensing requirement for citizens who want to carry a concealed firearm. That law takes effect July 1.

Although a license will not be required after July 1, Kansans with a license will be able carry a concealed handgun in the 36 states with concealed carry laws.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Department of Revenue says it has yet to process from 70,000 to 80,000 state income tax returns after bringing in workers from another agency last week to help open envelopes.

Department of Revenue spokeswoman Jeannine Koranda said Monday that the processing of the remaining returns should be completed by the end of the week.

The Wichita Eagle reports that employees of the Department for Children and Families helped with the processing last week.

Koranda said it’s not unusual for the processing of returns to last into May.

But legislative researchers said Monday in a report on state revenues that the processing of returns is at least a week behind last year’s pace. The report said the department had fewer temporary workers available this year.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court says debtors in bankruptcy cannot immediately appeal a court’s order rejecting a plan to repay creditors.

The justices ruled today that parties in a bankruptcy case must wait until a repayment plan is confirmed before appealing to a higher court.

The case involves Louis Bullard, a Massachusetts man who filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in 2010. One of his biggest debts was $346,000 he owed to Blue Hills Bank. But a bankruptcy court denied his plan to pay the bank only a tiny percentage of what he owed.

A federal appeals court said the order was not final because Bullard could still propose another plan.

Writing for the court, Chief Justice John Roberts agreed that only an order confirming a payment plan is immediately appealable.

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government is reopening an investigation into Jeep and Dodge sun visors after reports that some caught fire even after a recall repair.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles recalled 895,000 2011-2014 Jeep Grand Cherokees and Dodge Durangos worldwide last summer after a government investigation found that a short in the vanity lamp wiring could cause visors to burn. FCA has been adding a plastic part to properly guide the wires.

FCA said the defect was only present in SUVs that were incorrectly reassembled after previous repairs.

But on Tuesday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it has reopened its investigation after receiving eight reports that visors caught fire even after the recall repair. No crashes or injuries related to the issue have been reported.

FCA says it’s cooperating with the investigation.

SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — A man who authorities allege kept a woman captive in a wooden box in a home in Sedalia has been charged.

Pettis County authorities charged 47-year-old James Horn Jr. Monday with kidnapping, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon.

Horn remains at large since fleeing Sedalia on Thursday.

Police Chief John DeGonia and Detective Josh Howell said the woman told police that she had been held captive in a home she shared with Horn in Sedalia since January, and that he often kept her in a wooden box.

The Sedalia Democrat reports that court records indicate the woman was allowed to go outdoors occasionally but was too afraid of Horn to try and flee. She ran for help to a neighbor’s home on Thursday.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Scrap thieves who do more than $5,000 worth of damage in stealing precious metals would face jail time under a bill endorsed by a House panel.

The House Judiciary Committee endorsed the measure on a voice vote Monday.

Supporters of the bill say that tougher penalties are needed because scrap thieves often do thousands of dollars in damage to worksites and agricultural equipment. The damage can sometimes disable equipment allowing crops to spoil before it can be repaired.

Current state laws give such offenders probation if they do not have serious criminal records. The measure would put most behind bars.

Some lawmakers expressed concern with the bill, however, because it is estimated that it would increase the state’s already overcapacity prison population by 20 to 57 prisoners by 2025.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The state budget director says Missouri’s revenues continue to increase compared with last year’s.

Budget Director Linda Luebbering on Monday reported revenues have grown 7.7 percent this fiscal year. That’s far over Gov. Jay Nixon’s estimate of 4.6 percent.

Nixon had used that estimate to guide spending restrictions on hundreds of millions of dollars approved for use by the Legislature last session.

Net general revenues also increased 11.9 percent in April compared with the same time last year. Individual income tax collections grew 15.4 percent last month, bringing the total collections this year up 8.5 percent.

The increasing revenues allowed the state to return $400 million borrowed from the state’s reserve fund. The constitutional deadline to repay that money is May 15.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A bill that could mean reduced sentences for minors found guilty of first-degree murder is moving forward in the Missouri House.  The legislation approved 10-1 by a House committee Monday would end the state’s mandatory sentence of life without parole for minors.

Instead, jurors could sentence youths to life in prison with parole or 25 to 40 years behind bars.

The sentences allowed in the bill draft passed Monday differ significantly from what senators approved.

Senators supported life without parole or at least 50 years in prison for those ages 16 to 18. Those under 16 would have faced life without parole or at least 35 years.

The bill still needs approval from a second House committee and the full House. Lawmakers face a May 15 deadline to pass legislation.

FULTON, Mo. (AP) — A Fulton High School student is suspected of hacking into the district’s computer network, shutting down the system for several hours.

The 17-year-old student was arrested on suspicion of tampering with computer equipment in last week’s incident.

Fulton Police Chief Steve Myers says he’s unsure what motivated the hacking. He says the school’s information technology department traced the security breach to a classroom computer and reported to police the teenager was behind the hacking.

Myers says he can’t release further details because of an ongoing investigation.

A district spokeswoman says no personal information or sensitive school data were stolen in the attack.