JEFFERSON CITY (AP) – Missouri lawmakers gave final approval to the first comprehensive rewrite of the state’s criminal laws in decades.

The House and Senate voted Thursday to send the legislation to Gov. Jay Nixon’s desk. The measure would create new classes of felonies and misdemeanors, and reorganize crimes to fit the new penalty structure.

It also reduces the punishment for people convicted of possessing less than 10 grams of marijuana on their first offense and lengthens prison sentences for criminals who sexually abuse children.

Nixon has previously expressed reservations that the bill would do too much at one time. The overhaul passed with enough votes in both chambers to override a potential veto. Because of the vote’s timing, Nixon would have to act before lawmakers adjourn in mid-May.

COLUMBIA (AP) – The University of Missouri journalism school has modified its classroom use of aerial drones as a legal challenge to the FAA ban on commercial use of the flying robots unfolds.

The School of Journalism grounded its outdoor use of new- gathering drones after receiving a cease and desist letter from the Federal Aviation Administration last summer.

The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that a judge in early March ruled that the federal agency lacks the authority to enforce such a ban. The FAA has appealed that ruling to the National Transportation Safety Board.

Mizzou students in the one-credit drone journalism class fly the devices indoors while the ban on outdoor use remains. The FAA has said it expects to issue revised rules on commercial drone use by next year.

SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Greene County prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against a Springfield woman accused of killing her husband and son with antifreeze.

The Springfield News-Leader reports prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson filed a notice Wednesday saying he will seek the death penalty against Diane Staudte. Patterson did not file a similar notice for Staudte’s daughter, Rachel, who is charged with the same crimes.

Both are charged with first-degree murder for the 2012 deaths of Diane Staudte’s husband, Mark Staudte, and the couple’s 26-year-old son, Shaun. Another daughter also was poisoned but recovered.

Patterson’s filing alleges Diane Staudte qualified for the death penalty because she committed murder for financial gain, caused another person to commit murder, and that the alleged crime was involved “torture, or depravity of mind.”

NEVADA (AP) – The 3M Co. is planning an $18.7 million expansion at its plant in Nevada.

Plant manager Todd Cantrell said Wednesday the expansion will make the site the largest 3M plant in Missouri and one of the largest in the country. The project will create 22 new jobs.

The Joplin Globe reports the state has offered economic incentives to the company if it meets certain job creation and investment criteria.

The project is the seventh time that 3M has expanded its Nevada plant, which currently employs 639 workers.

The plant manufactures commercial graphics and promotional signs for buildings and tractor-trailer rigs.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A man wounded in a shooting in Columbia has been charged with second-degree murder.

Boone County Prosecutor Dan Knight on Wednesday charged 22-year-old Darrius Edwards of Columbia and set his bond at $1 million, cash only.

Edwards was taken to a hospital by private vehicle after the shooting. Further details of circumstances surrounding the incident were not released.

Online court records don’t show that Edwards has an attorney.

Two teens were injured in a Wednesday crash in Johnson County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the crash occurred as a 2002 Pontiac driven by Samantha M. Osborn, 16, Lone Jack, was westbound on Northwest 325 Road.

She lost control of the vehicle, it slid off the left side of the road. The vehicle returned to the road, slid off the right side of the road, struck an embankment, overturned and hit a utility pole.

Life Flight flew Osborn to Children’s Mercy for treatment.

A passenger in the vehicle Britney D. Gilmore, 16, Lone Jack refused treatment for minor injuries.

The MSHP reported both teens were properly restrained.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri Senate panel adopted a state budget plan that includes a two-pronged funding plan for public schools that bases their state aid on economic performance.

The Appropriations Committee on Wednesday endorsed its plan for state spending during the fiscal year that begins July 1. The budget bills now head to the Senate floor for approval. Lawmakers have until May 9 to pass the measures.

The House took a similar approach when it passed a spending plan earlier this year but tweaked the dollar amounts.

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) – Missouri lawmakers want to create a permanent tax break for airplane repairs.

A bill given final approval Wednesday by the Senate focuses on an existing sales tax break for parts used to repair or modify aircraft. That tax break is due to expire next January. But the bill would extend it indefinitely.

The legislation previously was approved by the House, so it now goes to Gov. Jay Nixon.

The Senate also gave initial approval Wednesday to a bill would provide a sales tax exemption for aircraft sold in Missouri to non-residents who don’t keep the aircraft in the state for more than 10 business days.

Supporters said Missouri is missing out on repair and upgrade jobs that often accompany airplane sales because it lacks such a tax break.