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Published April 18, 2009 at 7:03 AM CDT

By Steve Bell

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Kansas City, MO –

Hundreds protest taxation at Liberty Memorial "Tea Party."

Major layoffs announced at Hallmark, Harley Davidson.

Missouri, Kansas unemployment rates set 26-year records.

New Kansas revenue forecast: more 2101 budget cuts ahead.

Kansas City loses proposed new battery plant to Michigan.

Senate approves expansion of Blunt health insurance aid.

Nixon loses bid to expand children's health insurance program.

$23 billion "almost complete" budget clears Missouri Senate.

Sebelius vetoes coal-fired plants bills, override unlikely.

The governor signs - Kelsey's Law becomes Kansas law.

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