Kansas City Business Journal – A constitutional amendment included in a bill that's been filed this week would ban the use of public dollars for stem cell research in Missouri.

Cynthia Davis, a Missouri Representative from O'Fallon, filed the legislation this week.

It's similar to what interests groups, like the Missouri Roundtable for Life, have sought in the past. When that group tried to get its ballot initiative passed, Missouri auditor Susan Montee said the move would cost the state millions of dollars in economic opportunities.

Kansas City, MO – A Kansas City-based architecture firm has been awarded a $1.2 million contract to design a new, and green, public works facility in Johnson County, Kansas. KCUR's Laura Spencer reports.

Out of a field of six finalists, 360 Architecture, Inc. was selected to design the new $14 million Johnson County Public Works facility in west Olathe, Kansas. It will replace a small, and aging, building from the 1960s.

Monday KCUR incorrectly reported that a new diabetes clinic at Truman Medical Centers came from a $20 million Health Care Foundation grant. The Diabetes Center construction and new equipment purchases totaled just under $1 million dollars. The renovation of the center and relocation of diabetes services came out of a funding allocation from Missouri's Medicaid Program.

In November 2009, two installations of American Indian Art opened in the Kansas City metropolitan area: at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and on the campus of Johnson County Community College.

By Laura Spencer

Lawrence, KS – U.S. Senator Sam Brownback says the Pentagon shouldn't revise the bidding process for a multibillion dollar aircraft contract. Both Boeing and a partnership between Northrop Grumman and European aircraft maker Airbus are seeking the contract to build Air Force refueling tankers. Northrop Grumman and Airbus want the bidding requirements to be changed and is threatening not to bid if they aren't. Brownback says there's a process in place for contracts like this.

By Maria Carter

Kansas City, MO – Kansas City council members will vote today on a finalized contract with Motorola to provide a new emergency responder radio system.

Kraig Kahler will face additional murder charges in the weekend shootings south of Topeka that left his wife, two daughters, and most recently his wife's grandmother dead.

A mid-Missouri prosecutor wants the State Supreme Court to let him pursue charges against a convicted sex offender for violating state restrictions on Halloween activities.

Kansas City, MO – The Kansas City city council will vote today on a finalized contract with Motorola to provide a new emergency responder radio system.

The Finance and Audit Committee approved the contract yesterday.

Assistant City Manager Rich Noll provided a timetable for the upgrade.

Jefferson City, MO – An Audrain County prosecutor is asking the Missouri Supreme Court to let him prosecute a convicted sex offender for violating a state law that bars offenders from taking part in Halloween activities.

Charles Raynor of Mexico, Missouri, was arrested in 2008 after a woman at his house handed out candy to trick-or-treaters.

Jefferson City, MO – An environmental advocate is calling on Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster to return a campaign contribution made last year from a company that owns eleven hog farms in the northern part of the state.

Premium Standard Farms is under a court order to make improvements to its operations.

Ken Midkiff with the Missouri Clean Water Campaign says Koster accepted a $2500 donation from Smithfield Foods, which owns Premium Standard Farms, just days before the 2008 Democratic Party primary:

Lawrence, KS – Kansas universities are looking at ways they can save cash in the future, as the recent trend of budget cuts could continue into the coming fiscal year and beyond.