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KCUR Morning News 1-21-10

By Maria Carter

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Kansas City, MO – Reaction is pouring in from last night's State of the State Address by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon.

A bill that would restore campaign contribution limits in Missouri received a hearing before a House committee on ethics and government accountability.

Foes of the one percent earnings tax that brings multi millions of dollars every year to Kansas City and St. Louis are taking their repeal campaign to the next level.

Several Kansas water officials say the state needs to impose a fee on drinking water drawn from Kansas rivers and lakes.

Kansas City, Kansas police are searching for a man who demanded drugs at a pharmacy and left behind what he claimed was a bomb.

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