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Kansas City, MO – A smoking ban is coming to Kansas City, Kansas. The new ordinance bans smoking in all indoor areas but it excludes tobacco shops, casino gaming floors, and already existing clubs.
Kansas Citians will pay for trash collection, the police department will be integrated into city government, and the jail and Truman Medical Center would become regional - that's if recommendations of a consulting group are implemented.
Kansas utility regulators are trying to forge a compromise agreement between two companies competing to build the first extra high voltage power lines in the state.
The incoming President Pro-tem of the Missouri Senate has released his priorities for the 2009 legislative session, which starts in January.
Budget cuts to higher ed will hurt more than just students in Missouri. That's the warning from University of Missouri head Gary Forsee.