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KCUR Evening Newscast 4-02-08

By Steve Bell

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-692214.mp3

KANSAS CITY, MO –
KCUR Evening Headlines (1 min 48 sec)

  • Kansas City, Missouri's Transportation and Infrastructure committee unanimously approved an amendment to the city's nondiscrimination ordinance today. It would add that it's illegal to discriminate based on gender identity.
  • The top two officials at the Kansas Board of Healing Arts resigned today.
  • The judge overseeing the grand jury investigation of Dr. George Tiller has refused a request from the Wichita abortion provider's attorneys to admonish grand jurors to avoid ads placed by abortion opponents.

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