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KCUR Evening Newscast 3-28-08

By Steve Bell

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-690835.mp3

KANSAS CITY, MO –
KCUR Evening Headlines (1 min 47 sec)

  • The Kansas House passed a voter photo id bill today. It came as part of a bill scheduling a Kansas presidential primary to replace the caucuses the parties run at their own expense.
  • The Kansas House also overwhelmingly passed a bill under which individuals could own machine guns, other fully-automatic firearms, sawed-off shotguns and silencers.
  • In the Senate, a committee introduced a resolution saying the state Board of Healing Arts should consider making personnel changes.
  • Kansas City-based H & R Block, troubled recently over losses by its subprime mortgage business, says it's off to a good start in tax season. Block says core tax business is up 1.3 percent so far.

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