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Columbia is considering fixing up some of the city’s major street problems. Due to this year’s mild winter, Columbia has 400 thousand dollars leftover from its snow-removal budget.

Sunday will mark the one-year anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit coastal Japan. 

The House Budget Committee approved a plan Wednesday to reverse Governor Nixon’s proposed cuts to the Higher Education Budget. 

On this week’s show, we’ll talk about about exercise programs for minority populations, and hear about tablet technology in classrooms.

Both the Missouri House and Senate have passed bills that could shorten the sentences of some criminals who are placed on probation or parole.

Legislation that would add gun owners to the state’s list of protected minority groups has passed the Missouri House. 

The Missouri Senate has given final approval to legislation changing the rules for lawsuits over workplace discrimination.

The Missouri House has passed legislation creating an electronic database to track prescription drug purchases. But the bill faces opposition in the Senate.

Budget writers in the Missouri House have approved their version of the 13 bills that make up the state's budget for next year.  Committee members eliminated $28 million for a program that aids the blind, but then put 6 million back into it from another source.