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KCUR Morning Newscast 6-2-08

By Maria Carter, KCUR Newsroom

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Kansas City, MO – A spokeswoman for Westar Energy says the utility will probably have to build a new coal-fired power plant.

A study will begin this summer to determine aviation needs in Kansas.

Wildlife officials in Kansas and Missouri are trying to stop non-native minnow from arriving in the two states.

A state panel is looking into Missouri's pre-Kindergarten system and crafting a set of recommendations that are due to be released in November.

Renovations to the nineteen year old Cancer Survivors Park near the Country Club Plaza have been completed.

Congress just eliminated federal funding for KCUR, but public radio is for the people.

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