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Top Stories of the Week

By Steve Bell

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Kansas City, MO –

  • Family to file racial discrimination suit against Power & Light district.
  • Citizen satisfaction survey: frustration with trash, 3-1-1 and leaders.
  • Jackson County COMBAT sales tax wins hearty voter approval.
  • Clay County voters extend sales tax that finances jail operations.
  • Arrests of 3 suspects swift in Excelsior Springs kidnap-murder.
  • Missouri revenues lag last year by 14% cuts possible at prisons.
  • Champs skate again to San Diego, not to Sprint Arena in 2012.

    Excelsior Springs news conference audio courtesy of KMBC TV-9.

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

    Your support has always made KCUR's work possible — from reporting that keeps officials accountable, to storytelling to connects our community. Help ensure the future of local journalism.