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KCUR Evening News 6-17-10

KCUR
Published June 17, 2010 at 6:08 PM CDT

By Steve Bell

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Kansas City, MO –

  • School busing, social services, mental health, scholarships take Missouri budget hits.
  • Cuts eliminate entire $3 million in state funding for Kansas City's Area Transit Authority.
  • Medicaid stall in U.S. Senate could force Kansas to trim another $130 million in spending.
  • State of the City: Mayor says KC spent too much on convention and entertainment TIFs.
  • Missouri regulators' staff recommends against latest KCP&L rate increase request.

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