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KCUR Morning News 8-5-10

By Maria Carter

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Kansas City, MO – The possibility of losing the city's largest source or revenue peppered yesterday's council committee discussion of renewing the public safety sales tax.

A voter-education group is hoping Kansans will help urge political candidates to spell out their positions on important issues.

An environmental group has sued the EPA claiming is has failed to protect thousands of miles of Missouri streams under the Clean Water Act.

The federal government has approved nearly $82 million to expand high-speed Internet access in rural Missouri.

The Kansas City Royals dropped a 4-3 decision to the Oakland A's yesterday. The Royals are off today.

Congress just eliminated federal funding for KCUR, but public radio is for the people.

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