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KCUR Morning News 3-19-10

By Maria Carter

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Kansas City, MO – The House Budget Committee has passed the 13 bills that make up Missouri's state budget for next year. But the cuts made this week don't cover a projected funding shortfall.

The Missouri Senate has passed legislation requiring group insurance plans regulated by the state to cover autism treatment.

The University of Kansas is expanding its medical school to train more rural doctors.

Kansas House Minority Leader Paul Davis testified yesterday before a committee investigating an ethics complaint against the House speaker.

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