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Published April 16, 2011 at 3:58 PM CDT

By Steve Bell

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. –
  • Eight million more in cuts for Shawnee Mission schools.
  • Teach for America recruits trump 87 K.C. Teachers.
  • Brownback signs two "culture of life" abortion bills.
  • Long-term jobless benefits restored in Missouri.
  • Missouri Legislature guts "pupppy mill" initiative.
  • Business leaders decry "border war job poaching."

  • Council bows out with pension reform gesture.
     

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