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Top Stories of the Week

By Steve Bell

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Kansas City, MO –

  • Overflow crowd protests proposed KC budget cuts.
  • City Council argues over planned social services cuts.
  • Kansas House passes $6.4 billion partial budget.
  • Desegregation attorney Benson files for school board seat.
  • Kline fires back at defense in Kelsey Smith murder trial.
  • Johnson County commissioners question choice of special prosecutors.
  • KU and K-State advance in NCAA post-season play.
  • Sebelius vetoes energy bill that allowed coal-fired plants.

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