By Maria Carter
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Kansas City, MO – In his state of the city address yesterday, Mayor Mark Funkhouser said he opposes helping fund a new downtown convention hotel, but he wants a new chamber of commerce.
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon is cutting another 300 million dollars from next year's budget.
A group representing 72 Kansas school districts says it will sue state officials over education funding issues later this year.
A former Missouri grain dealer already in federal prison for duping roughly 180 farmers out of $27 million has been ordered to spend a decade in state prison as well.
Geologists from the University of Kansas have begun a $4 million research aimed at making it easier to power electric plants with geothermal energy.
The Kansas City Royals used a four-run rally in the seventh inning to propel them past the Houston Astros 5-2 at Kauffman Stadium.