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KCUR Morning News 8-7-09

By Maria Carter

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Kansas City, MO – Eleven school districts are suing Jackson County for allegedly giving incorrect property tax assessments.

The Kansas City council revamped the volunteer ordinance that had ended the full-time volunteer service of the mayor's wife, Gloria Squitiro.

A bill that would have required insurance companies to cover the treatment and diagnosis of autism never made it through the legislature last session, but Missouri Governor Jay Nixon says that won't stand next year.

The website for the Missouri Attorney General's office now has a Spanish-language option.

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