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Missouri Governor Jay Nixon plans to seek more money for all levels of education.  The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission proposes a one-cent sales tax to pay for bridge and highway upgrades.  The Kansas House will take up a bill that would limit how workers to contribute to unions for political activities.

A bill in the Missouri Senate would require parents to report if they own a gun to their kids schools.  Jackson County executive Mike Sanders is pushing to put a one cent sales tax to pay for a transit plan on the August ballot.

A lot more people in the Kansas City area could be voting on a mass transit plan as soon as this August. 

Anti-abortion advocates gather on the grounds of the Statehouse in Topeka to mark the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.  A bill in the Missouri House would restore tax credits for food pantries and some other groups.  The Missouri House fast-tracks a bill to fill vacancies in statewide offices.

Kansas City will ask the federal government for more federal money for flood control.  Kansas lawmakers may seek more budget cuts.  A Missouri lawmakers wants some genetically modified foods to be labeled.

KCK wants to train more people in CPR.  The Kansas City Council sends healthy levy renewal to voters.  Kansas City home builders had a good year in 2012. Those stories & more from KCUR.

The full council looks at putting the health levy on the ballot again.  Missouri Senator Roy Blunt says the President is taking the wrong approach on gun policy.  Smoking only allowed in some offices in the Missouri House.

Sporting KC dumps Livestrong connection.  A Missouri House committee passes a bill requiring a special election to fill statewide vacancies.  A light rail plan for Kansas City is found unconstitutional by the courts. 

Sporting KC Ditches Livestrong Name

The partnership between the Sporting Kansas City soccer club and the Livestrong Foundation is over.  The stadium will now be simply known as Sporting Park.  Learn more about the breakup here.

Kansas recently overhauled the state’s Medicaid system but it’s unclear what effect those changes will have.  Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher was legally intoxicated when he shot his girlfriend and then committed suicide.  John Dorsey takes his “dream job” as general manager for the Kansas City Chiefs.

Chiefs name a new general manager. Barge shippers are breathing easier after contractors deepen a particularly troublesome stretch of river. A Missouri businessman challenges the federal health care law, saying a provision the company health plan provides free contraceptives violates his religious freedom.

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback wants to keep funding levels study and increase support for clinics that help those most at risk.  Kansas City has appointed a local to fire chief after a nationwide search. The Prairiefire development breaks ground in Overland Park.  Politicians spar over whether the Missouri Governor can appoint a lieutenant governor. 

Kansas City, Kansas Mayor Joe Reardon will step down at the end of his term.  Kansas City, Missouri moves closer to renewing the city’s health levy.  Missouri lawmakers kick off the legislative session. 

The Kansas City Chiefs officially introduce Andy Reid as their head coach.  Kansas officials are warning that eating too much locally caught fish may not be good for health.  It’s the news from KCUR.

Climatologists take a look at the prospects, or lack thereof, for a break in the drought in the Midwest.  Mo. Governor Jay Nixon pushes for lawmakers to renew an open records exemption for public building security plans. 

Andy Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs have a contract agreement, according to several media reports.