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Top Stories of the Week

By Steve Bell

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Kansas City, MO –

Wilk: If courts don't overturn Missouri tax law, Kansas will retaliate.
Morrison joins Planned Parenthood suit against Phill Kline.
Petitioners call for Wichita grand jury to investigate abortion provider.
Feds chastise Missouri on No Child Left Behind, high standards may be a problem.
Blunt appoints Patricia Breckenridge to Missouri Supreme Court.
Black Archives will get $1 million from K.C., MO for renovations.
Kansas City council passes no new billboards law.
Brooks committee loses K.C. housing say-so.
LaRaza, NAACP still threaten to pull conventions over park board member.
Bannister Mall redevelopment to include soccer, hotels offices, retail.
Johnson County Commissioners send jail-improvement sales tax to voters.
Block shareholders vote in 3 dissident Breeden board members.

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