FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Protesters have returned to Ferguson a day after looting, fires and gunfire broke out during demonstrations over the death of a black man who died of spinal injuries after his arrest by Baltimore police.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports several dozen people marched down West Florissant Avenue in the St. Louis suburb on Wednesday night protesting the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray.

That same area was the site of numerous protests following the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was black and unarmed, by a white Ferguson police officer in August.

A Ferguson Police Department spokesman says three people were shot during protests Tuesday night and four police cars were damaged when they were pelted by rocks and chunks of asphalt thrown by demonstrators.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have passed a bill to require child-proof packaging for liquid nicotine used in electronic cigarettes.

Senators on Wednesday approved the measure 33-0, the last vote needed to send the bill to Gov. Jay Nixon.

Electronic cigarettes heat liquid nicotine into an inhalable vapor. Some is flavored to taste like bubblegum, chocolate or other candy.

Lawmakers in favor of the bill say young children could be attracted to the flavored nicotine.

The bill by Republican Rep. Sheila Solon of Blue Springs aims to make it harder for children to open the packaging. Experts have said nicotine is especially dangerous for children.

Republican Sen. Jeanie Riddle of Mokane says child-proof packaging could prevent accidental poisonings.

NEW YORK (AP) — Anheuser-Busch is apologizing on a slogan that appeared on bottles saying Bud Light removes the word ‘no’ from drinkers’ vocabulary.

Photos of bottles with the slogan went viral on social media on Tuesday with widespread complaints about the slogan, particularly at a time of national debate about college rape.

The slogan is part of the beermaker’s two-year-old “Up for Whatever” campaign that includes a wide array of marketing such as a Super Bowl spot that showed a Bud Light drinker going through a live-action Pac Man game.

The company says the bottle-message campaign included more than 140 different messages and this one missed the mark. The company says it ceased production of the message on all bottles.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The state’s auditing agency says that the cost of civilly committing sexual predators for treatment in Kansas will double during the next 10 years.

The Legislative Division of Post-Audit presented a report Tuesday that estimates the program’s cost will increase from $13.9 million in 2014 to between $26 million and $34 million in 2025.

In Kansas, offenders deemed sexual predators are committed to a Larned State Hospital after they serve their criminal penalties.

The number of patients in the program has grown to 258 and just three have been released since the program was launched in 1994, while 27 have died during their confinement.

The report also found deficiencies in the way patients are assessed. The agency running the program says many of the report’s recommendations have already been implemented.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says state officials aren’t required to publicly disclose emails sent through private accounts even if the messages involve public business.

Schmidt said in a legal opinion Tuesday that individual state employees don’t meet the legal definition of a government agency or government-funded entity under the Kansas Open Records Act.

The act requires agencies or government-funded entities to make their records available to the public, though it contains dozens of exceptions.

The Republican attorney general issued the opinion at the request of Kansas Senate Democratic Leader Anthony Hensley of Topeka.

Hensley sought the opinion following disclosures that Budget Director Shawn Sullivan used a private email account at least twice in December to circulate details about budget proposals to a group that included two lobbyists.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Newly released numbers show oil production is increasing in Kansas and that natural gas production continues to decline.

The Kansas Geological Survey released production numbers for 2014 on Monday. They showed that Kansas produced about 49.5 million barrels of oil last year, marking a 5.7 percent increase from 2013.

Despite falling prices, last year’s oil production was at its highest level in Kansas since 1995.

Meanwhile, natural gas production fell by 2.5 percent to about 287.6 billion cubic feet. With a one-year exception, production in Kansas has dropped every year since 1996.

Ellis County was the top oil producer in Kansas, with about 3.4 million barrels in 2014. Harper County wasn’t far behind, with 2.9 million barrels.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A bill to limit police use of deadly force has advanced in the Missouri Senate, an effort aimed at addressing concerns raised after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson.

The Missouri Senate gave initial approval to the bill Tuesday on a voice vote.

Current law justifies deadly force when an officer believes a suspect has committed or attempted a felony, is escaping with a deadly weapon or poses a serious threat of danger to others.

The bill would change part of that law to allow deadly force only if police reasonably believe the suspect has committed or tried to commit a violent felony.

The measure needs a second full Senate vote before it can move to the House.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A state Senate panel has signed off on a plan to move some of Missouri’s executive officials out of the state Capitol so that lawmakers can have more room for their own offices.

Dozens of state House members currently work in double-decker offices, where rooms with high ceilings have been divided to create two levels. Those upper-level offices are inaccessible to some people with disabilities.

A bill endorsed Tuesday by the Senate rules committee would direct the treasurer, secretary of state, auditor and state Office of Administration to be moved out of the Capitol into other nearby buildings. Most employees of those offices already are located outside of the Capitol.

The freed-up space would be used for better offices for lawmakers.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bishop Robert Finn, who resigned last week as leader of the Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese, will preside over the ordinations of seven deacons next month.

Diocese officials said Monday the ordinations on May 23 conflict with the schedule of Archbishop Joseph Naumann, who was appointed temporary leader of the diocese after Finn resigned.

The Kansas City Star reports Naumann will preside over ordinations of deacons of the Kansas City, Kansas, diocese, which he leads, at the same time the ordinations are scheduled in the Missouri diocese.

Naumann also said he wanted to respect the wishes of the seven Missouri deacons, who received their training under Finn’s guidance.

Diocese spokesman Jack Smith said ordinations are scheduled months in advance and must be performed by a bishop.