DETROIT (AP) — Graco Children’s Products is recalling more than 25,000 car seats because the harness webbing can break in a crash and may not keep children restrained.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators have said “cheers” to allowing cities to designate districts where people can move among bars, restaurants and entertainment venues with libations in hand.

The House approved a bill Tuesday on a 97-22 vote. The Senate passed the measure last week, so it goes next to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback for his possible signature. He has not stated a public position.

The goal is to allow cities to create areas similar to the Power and Light District in Kansas City, Missouri, where patrons can move around a common area with their alcoholic drinks.

Local governments would set up clearly-marked common consumption areas. Each would need a state permit.

Lenexa city leaders sought the bill so vendors could sell liquor at a new public market set to open this summer.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Route 66, the historic American roadway that linked Chicago to the West Coast, soon may be dropped from a National Park Service preservation program.

A federal law authorizing the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program is set to expire in two years and with it would go millions of dollars in grants for reviving old tourist spots in struggling towns.

Landmarks Illinois director Frank Butterfield says small communities could miss out on much needed economic development funding.

The program has helped finance projects like the El Vado Motel neon sign restoration in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the Baxter Springs Independent Oil and Gas Station restoration in Kansas.

Decommissioned as a U.S. highway in 1985, Route 66 went through eight states, connecting tourists with friendly diners and motor lodges in small towns.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Corporation Commission will not allow Westar Energy and Great Plains Energy extra time to renegotiate a new merger.

After the commission in April rejected the proposed merger, the two companies filed a petition asking for extra time to revise the deal to meet commissioners’ expectations.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the commission rejected the request Tuesday. The commission’s staff has recommended the companies start an entirely new case for the merger.

Spokeswomen for both utilities said the companies are evaluating their options.

Westar spokeswoman Gina Penzig says appealing the decision to the Kansas District Court would be an option but that decision lies with Great Plains.

The commission rejected the proposed sale price was too high and would leave the combined utility financially weaker than the separate companies.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Now that Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has been confirmed as the next U.S. ambassador to China, a quick transition is expected for Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds to step into the top post.

Branstad will resign as governor Wednesday morning in his formal office at the Capitol. He’ll then be sworn in immediately as ambassador. Reynolds will be sworn in as governor shortly after that in the Capitol rotunda, where she’s expected to give a speech.

Branstad and Reynolds released the details Tuesday morning. Reynolds says she’ll also announce a decision Thursday on whether she plans to appoint a lieutenant governor.

From a constrained state budget to lingering questions about the future of water quality initiatives, Reynolds will inherit a range of issues in her new job.

EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) — People camping in southeast Kansas this holiday weekend are being advised to reserve a spot or arrive early because floodwater levels have closed some campgrounds.

El Dorado State Park manager Seth Turner told the Wichita Eagle Monday that areas where campsites are first-come, first-served are already filling in anticipation of Memorial Day weekend.

Turner says that on a good holiday weekend, the park might host up to 70,000 people. He says the park still saw about 40,000 people last year despite bad weather.

Linda Lanterman is the state park director for the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism. Lanterman says the parks will be fine despite some unavailable campsites because they’re seeing increased popularity and revenue.

Turner says it could be weeks before the park’s water levels stabilize.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Attorney General Derek Schmidt has asked Kansas City, Kansas police for more investigative material surrounding the death of a boy last year on a water slide.

Schmidt said in a statement Monday that his office is still reviewing the case and that he didn’t know when the inquiry would conclude.

The Wyandotte County district attorney asked Schmidt in December to review the case and determine whether anyone should be charged with a crime related to the death of Rep. Scott Schwab’s 10-year-old son, Caleb. Caleb’s death on the “Verruckt” water slide at Schlitterbahn Water Park spurred lawmakers to increase oversight of amusement parks. The slide cannot be torn down until the inquiry is over, Schmidt said.

Neither Schmidt’s office nor the Kansas City police would say what information Schmidt requested.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has voted to confirm Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad to serve as U.S. ambassador to China.

The vote Monday night was 82-13.

Branstad says he intends to use his decades-long relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping to advance U.S. and international interests. The two met in 1985 when Xi, then a provincial official, led an agricultural trade delegation to Iowa.

The 70-year-old Branstad is in his sixth nonconsecutive term as Iowa’s governor. With more than 22 years at the helm of state government, he is the country’s longest-serving governor.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Records show that the stepmother of a Kansas boy whose father killed him and fed his remains to the family’s pigs talked on a private Facebook group about restraining the child with handcuffs, ace bandages and splints.

A search warrant released Monday shows that 31-year-old Heather Jones also made a reference to having “no problems” with having the boy, Adrian Jones, “look at flowers.” The quote was a reference to the TV show “The Walking Dead” in which a woman fatally shoots a child after telling her to “look at the flowers.”

Jones also described Adrian as a “psychopath” and said “pain compliance does not work.”

Jones and the boy’s father, Michael Jones, have been sentenced to life in prison. Adrian Jones’ remains were found in November 2015, weeks after he died.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A court ruling requires Missouri to at least temporarily remove GPS monitoring devices from some sex offenders.