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KCUR Evening Newscast 9-2-08

By Steve Bell

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-753577.mp3

Kansas City, MO –

  • The lid is off Missouri political contributions and the money is rolling in. In the first five days after limits expired, Hulshof has outcollected Nixon by more than 2 to 1.
  • Missouri gubernatorial candidates Hulshof and Nixon have scheduled their first debate for next week in Columbia.
  • Another 700 Missouri National Guard troops are on their way to the Gulf Coast.
  • The first wave of Kansas troops called for hurricane relief departed today.
  • Margaret Donnelly will drop a lawsuit challenging Senator Chris Koster's win in the Democrat for MO Attorney General race.
  • A judge will allow the Missouri Chamber of Commerce to join in a lawsuit seeking to keep an eminent domain measure off the ballot.
  • The latest Washington rumor: a possible cabinet post for Sam Brownback if McCain wins.
  • A Johnson County man becomes the first convicted there for dogfighting.

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

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