By Maria Carter
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Kansas City, MO – The Kansas City Missouri school board voted 5 to 4 to close almost half of the district's schools last night.
Former Missouri House Speaker Rod Jetton says he did not solicit or take a bribe to kill a bill regulating adult entertainment in 2005. He gave that account after testifying to a federal grand jury in Kansas City.
Missouri transportation officials plan to save more than $200 million over the next five years by cutting spending and jobs.
Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson has signed a bill banning the possession, use, and sale of synthetic chemicals that mimic the properties of marijuana and ecstasy.
Final action is expected today in the Kansas House on a measure that lays the groundwork for expanded passenger rail service in the state.