JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — New data show it’s unlikely Missouri revenues will grow enough to fully fund the budget passed by lawmakers last year.

State Budget Director Dan Haug on Friday announced state revenues grew 2.6 percent through May compared to the same period last fiscal year.

That’s well under the 7 percent needed to fully fund spending outlined in this year’s budget and the 3.4 percent legislators originally estimated.

Revenues also are below the scaled-back 3 percent-growth mark that Republican Gov. Eric Greitens and lawmakers predicted in January.

Lower-than-expected growth means funding cuts made by Greitens and his predecessor, former Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon, likely will stay in place.

There’s only one month left for the state to make up the difference before the start of the next fiscal year.

CALIFORNIA, Mo. (AP) — A central Missouri man has been charged with killing his 1-year-old son and then burning the boy’s body.

Thirty-five-year-old Matthew Hamm was charged Friday with first-degree murder and abandonment of a corpse. He is jailed on $1 million bond. No attorney is listed for him in online court records.

The probable cause statement says authorities found burnt skeletal remains inside Hamm’s Fortuna home and in a burn pit on the property after the child’s mother reported that she suspected Hamm of killing their son.

Hamm initially told authorities that the boy had choked and died. But later he said he struck the child with a mug after the boy spilled a bowl of water. Hamm said he was aggravated that a family member hadn’t showed up to get the toddler.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — An advocacy group has submitted language for initiative petitions that seek a statewide vote to impose significant changes on the captive-deer industry in Missouri.

The Columbia Missourian reports that Missouri Hunters for Fair Chase submitted four versions of a petition in March to the Missouri secretary of state, which has since been cut to two versions.

The petitions’ language pushes to close the state’s borders to captive deer from other states.

The hunting group’s website says it aims to protect the native deer population and limit the killing of big game in fenced-in areas.

The group hopes to select a petition soon and be ready to collect signatures in June. If it can collect the required signatures, the proposal will be placed on a statewide ballot in 2018.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The former executive director of an Iowa nonprofit that promotes healthy, affordable school meals allegedly embezzled at least $169,000 over a 5-year period.

A state audit report released Thursday says Norma LaMantia admitted to depositing checks meant for the School Nutrition Association of Iowa in personal bank accounts.

LaMantia told auditors and a Davenport police detective last month that the money helped pay her personal expenses and support her addiction to casino gambling.

The checks came from school districts and food companies to pay fees associated with association events.

Scott County Attorney Mike Walton said Thursday his office is reviewing the report to determine “what the appropriate action is as far as criminal charges.”

LaMantia had been the association’s executive director for a decade before resigning under pressure last year.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators have given final approval to a bill aimed at keeping concealed guns out of state hospitals and other public health facilities.

The House approved the measure on a 91-33 vote Thursday evening only hours after the Senate passed it on a 24-16 vote. The measure goes to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.

A 2013 law requires public health facilities to allow concealed guns into their buildings starting in July unless the buildings have security such as metal detectors or guards.

The bill would grant a permanent exemption to state hospitals, other public hospitals, mental health centers, some nursing homes and the University of Kansas Health System and the university’s teaching hospital.

Brownback is a strong gun-rights supporter and legislators weren’t sure whether he would sign or veto the measure.

FARMINGTON, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri sheriff says a 14-year-old used a steak knife to fatally stab a woman who was fighting with his mother.

St. Francois County Sheriff Dan Bullock says 35-year-old Alicia Morris died at a hospital after the altercation about 5 p.m. Monday.

Authorities say Morris had accidentally driven off of the road in Farmington and walked with her boyfriend to a nearby home to borrow a chain to pull the vehicle from a ditch.

The teenage boy went with the couple to help them free the car and was dropped off back at home. Authorities say that’s when the women argued, and the boy stabbed Morris once in the back.

It was not immediately clear if the teenager has been charged, though Bullock said he was in juvenile custody.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — After 16 years of planning, the longest biking and hiking trail in Kansas is open for public use, although some spots are still a bit rough.

The Flint Hills Nature Trail is currently 90 miles long, and it could expand to 117 miles in the future. Bikers and hikers can see native grasses, wildflowers, tunnels of trees, bridges, streams and a section of hardwood forest.

The Wichita Eagle reports the trail runs along abandoned railroad lines.

Linda Craghead, assistant secretary for the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, says the trail is already being used by people who overnight in nearby state parks, private campgrounds or motels.

She believes the trail will someday stretch nearly 120 miles and meet other Kansas trails.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man who is a registered sex offender has pleaded guilty to transporting a 16-year-old girl across state lines to have sex with him.

U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said 21-year-old Logan Viquesney of Kansas City, Kansas, pleaded guilty Wednesday to interstate transportation of a minor to engage in sexual activity.

Viquesney communicated with the girl over the internet while she was staying with her grandparents in Virginia. He picked her up at her grandparents’ home in May 2016 and took her to Maryland, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas. Prosecutors say the two had sex while on the trip.

Viquesney was arrested when he brought the girl to Kansas City, Kansas. He will be sentenced July 31.

Viquesney was convicted in 2015 of aggravated indecent liberties with a 12-year-old.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas gun-rights group is rallying members ahead of a possible legislative debate over a measure aimed at keeping concealed weapons out of public hospitals.

The Kansas State Rifle Association sent an email to members and supporters ahead of a scheduled Senate debate Thursday.

A 2013 law requires public health facilities to allow concealed guns into their buildings starting in July unless the buildings have security such as metal detectors or guards. The measure would grant a permanent exemption to state hospitals, other public hospitals, mental health centers, some nursing homes and the University of Kansas Health System and teaching hospital.

The gun-rights group called the proposed exemptions too sweeping.

Senate leaders previously postponed a debate to allow negotiations involving gun-rights advocates and KU health officials but the talks stalled.