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KC CURRENTS 1-22-06

By Delores Jones and Sylvia Maria Gross

Kansas City, MO – A Kansas legislator calls for a repeal of the law that allows undocumented immigrants who live in Kansas to pay in-state tuition at Kansas schools. An interview with Neil Smith, former Chiefs defensive end and co-owner of Kansas City's new arena football team Brigade. Doug Riley talks about the Kansas City Anti-Violence Project to combat domestic violence in gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities. Director Lou Bellamy on the Kansas City Repertory Theater's new production of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. And Kansas City's blues community remembers guitarist Lester "Wizard" King at a jam session in Kansas City Kansas. King died January 10th at the age of 52.

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