KCUR Evening Newscast 11-5-08

KCUR

Published November 5, 2008 at 6:10 AM CST

By Steve Bell

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Kansas City, MO –

Missouri governor-elect Jay Nixon plans to meet with Republican legislative leaders to work toward a 2009 agenda. The Republican party controls both houses of the state legislature.

Whether Missouri ended up a red state or a blue one won't be known until provisional ballots are validated and counted.

Results on 2 Johnson County races are likewise dependent on provisional ballots.

Republican Bonnie Sue Cooper wants a new election in Clay County because of more than 3,000 mis-printed ballots.

Kansas Republicans are celebratiang keeping control of both houses of the state legislature and gaining a Congressional seat.

Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius is calling for 3% budget cuts except for K-12 education and social services to meet an expected deficit.

Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser has said citizen satisfaction surveys are the best measure of his success. Today's survey shows declines in ratings on 32 paramaters.

Ron Prince will step down as K-State football coach at the end of the current season.