(AP) — A legal expert says a ruling temporarily prohibiting a compounding pharmacy from selling execution drugs to Missouri could have implications across the country.

U.S. District Judge Terence Kern in Tulsa, Okla., issued a temporary restraining order Wednesday in a suit filed on behalf of condemned Missouri inmate Michael Taylor. The ruling prohibits Tulsa-based Apothecary Shoppe from selling pentobarbital to the Missouri Department of Corrections.

Taylor faces execution Feb. 26. It isn’t clear if Missouri has pentobarbital on hand but Gov. Jay Nixon says the state is prepared to carry out the execution.

Fordham Law School professor Deborah Denno says attorneys for other death row inmates could file similar suits. She says the case could prompt compounding pharmacies to reconsider making and selling execution drugs.

(AP) – Gov. Jay Nixon says Missouri is prepared to go ahead with a scheduled execution despite a judicial order blocking an Oklahoma business from supplying a lethal injection drug to Missouri.

Nixon was asked Thursday whether Missouri already has enough pentobarbital to carry out the Feb. 26 execution of Michael Taylor. He did not directly say “yes” or “no,” but twice stressed that the Department of Corrections is prepared for the execution.

A federal judge in Oklahoma issued a temporary restraining order Wednesday blocking an Oklahoma pharmacy from supplying the execution drug to Missouri’s corrections department.

Missouri has not revealed the name of the compounding pharmacy from which it obtains pentobarbital. But Taylor’s attorneys who filed the lawsuit said Missouri contracts with the Apothecary Shoppe in Tulsa, Okla.

(AP) – Missouri education officials say no one was injured when a driver sideswiped a bus carrying six students from a school that serves the severely disabled.

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education says reports indicate the driver may have run a stop sign before Thursday’s crash at a Kansas City intersection.

A nurse on board the bus at the time evaluated the students from B.W. Sheperd State School before they were transferred to another bus. When the students arrived at their school, they were evaluated again.

B.W. Sheperd is one of 35 schools for the severely disabled in Missouri. It serves kindergarten to 12th-graders.

(AP) – Gov. Jay Nixon says Missouri voters should have another chance to vote on gay marriage and that he would vote to allow such unions.

The Democratic governor said Thursday he supports repealing an amendment to the Missouri Constitution that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

Missouri in 2004 became the first state to enact a constitutional prohibition on same-sex marriage. It was approved by 70 percent of voters.

Nixon’s announcement comes one day after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit seeking to force Missouri to recognize the out-of-state marriages of several same-sex couples.

Nixon has also called for passage this year of legislation barring discrimination based on sexual orientation. He also directed state tax officials to accept joint returns from legally married gay couples.

 (AP) – The Missouri House is asking the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the high price of propane.

The resolution endorsed Thursday was adopted by a voice vote and now heads to the Senate where a similar measure was also passed this week.

Lawmakers began considering the measures after propane prices jumped over $5 per gallon in January. Propane associations say the high prices are caused by colder weather and higher-than-expected crop yields.

But Missouri legislators have accused the industry of price gouging by boosting exports and causing a shortage back home.

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is also investigating. Gov. Jay Nixon has announced an additional $15 million in aid for low-income propane customers to cope with the high prices.

(AP)  The chairman of Kansas City’s Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts says President Obama chose wisely in selecting the center’s president to lead the National Endowment for the Arts.

The White House said Wednesday that President Barack Obama intends to nominate Jane Chu, president and CEO of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, as chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. Chu has been president and CEO of the Kauffman Center since 2006.

Julia Irene Kauffman, chairman of the Kauffman Center, says Obama “has chosen wisely,” and Chu’s nomination is a validation of the important role the Kauffman Center plays in the performing arts.

 (AP) — Kansas City will be the site for a 24-hour coding marathon designed to encourage and inspire youths to learn the language of computer coding.

The Kansas City Star reports all high school and college students who like to write computer code can participate in CodeDay KC’s event Feb. 15 and 16.

The city is one of six that are hosting the marathons. Participants in Kansas City can come to the Sprint Accelerator in groups or as individuals and form teams, participate in workshops and pitch ideas.

Tickets purchased before Friday cost $10. Regular tickets will be $20 and include lunch and dinner Feb. 15, a midnight snack and breakfast on Feb. 16.

Registration is available online at kansascity.codeday.org.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Johnson County couple who were the focus of a failed marijuana search is supporting proposed legislation making it easier to get police investigative reports.

The failed search for marijuana two years ago at the Leawood home of Robert and Adlynn Harte launched the Hartes on a crusade for documents to shed light on what led to the search, which produced no charges or evidence. The Hartes spent $25,000 working to get the records.

The Kansas City Star reports  the Hartes appeared before lawmakers Wednesday asking them to make public police documents called probable-cause affidavits, which are used to justify arrests or searches.

The Hartes support a bill introduced by Shawnee Republican Rep. John Rubin, which would require prosecutors to convince a judge that the records should remain private.