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Published February 26, 2011 at 4:35 PM CST

By Steve Bell

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. –

Burke, James advance to general election, Funkhouser out.

Other incumbents all make the general election ballot.

"Kiki" Curls to take Wilson Senate seat in Jefferson City.

Voter photo-ID bills advance in Missouri and Kansas.

Kansas House passes tougher new abortion restrictions.

Tuition breaks for undocumented students nixed by House.

Unions protest, but PAC donation bill advances to Senate.

Census: KC grew, is largest in MO; St. Louis shrank.

Defunded, but not defeated.

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

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