KCUR Evening Newscast 12-23-08

KCUR

Published December 23, 2008 at 5:22 AM CST

By Steve Bell

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Kansas City, MO –

Governor Matt Blunt has settled the "Sunshine Law" suit over e-mails, and says he has turned all the e-mails in question over to the media that requested them.

As a shortfall looms, two St. Louis lawmakers want Governor-Elect Jay Nixon to tap into the state's $550 million budget reserve fund rather than cut services.

Midwest housing sales tumbled again in November with sales of existing homes down 23% from last year.

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