By Elana Gordon
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Kansas City, MO –
The first phase of Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser's "Schools First" program was sidelined in a council committee meeting yesterday. The Missouri House and Senate have sent to Governor Jay Nixon legislation restricting the activities of sexually oriented businesses in the Show-me State. The Missouri Senate has approved a scaled-down version of the ethics bill passed last week by the House. House members have until 6:00 this evening to pass it. After the Kansas City Royals snapped their 7-game losing streak yesterday at Kauffman Stadium, it was announced that manager Trey Hillman was fired.