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Top Stories of the Week

By Steve Bell

Kansas City, MO –

  • Funkhouser proposes fund cuts for zoo, jail, Liberty Memorial.
  • Mayor meets budget cut backlash with resolve, determination.
  • Moody's downgrades forecast on Kansas City municipal bonds.
  • Council members sign Cauthen contract, Funkhouser holds out.
  • MO Board of Ed member says state takeover is not imminent.
  • Kansas Supreme Court kills funeral picketing law, new bill in progress.
  • KS Legislature unlikely to act on grand jury's request.
  • Morrison protests attorneys appointed to investigate charges against him.

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