KCUR Evening News 8-19-09

KCUR

Published August 19, 2009 at 6:14 PM CDT

By Steve Bell

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Kansas City, MO –

Temporary benefits compliance costs MO unemployment fund $133 million in stimulus money.

Two Wyandotte County casino management proposals remain alive: Cordish and Penn Hollywood.

Hundreds gather in Jefferson City to memorialize late Governor Warren Hearnes.

Area firefighters memorializd five killed in 1959 Southwest Boulevard tank blaze.

Area supporters of health care change frustrated by outpouring of misinformation.

Opponents of Shawnee Mission park deer kill get hearing before parks board.

Defunded, but not defeated.

Congress just eliminated federal funding for KCUR, but public radio is for the people.

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