THIS WEEK: Friday, September 28th 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )
OP GUNS: Overland Park stuns many by voting to allow for the “open carry” of handguns in public places starting Tuesday. But why?
“FREE STREETCARS”: Why KC officials now say if voters approve downtown streetcars you won’t have to pay a dime to ride them. They’re going to be totally free, all day everyday.
IKEA: The metro lands one of the world’s most highly sought after retailers. IKEA announces it will open a store at I-35 and Johnson Drive in Merriam in Johnson County.
AKIN STAYS IN: Embattled Republican candidate Todd Akin has made good on his promise to stay in Missouri’s U-S Senate race, despite calls by top Republicans to quit following his comments about rape. A final deadline for candidates to remove their names from the Missouri ballot passed Tuesday as Akin began a statewide bus tour including a stop at Crown Center in Kansas City.
TRUTH CHECK GOVERNOR ADS: With so much attention being paid to the Missouri U-S Senate race it has literally sucked up all of the oxygen from the other political races in our region. For instance, in less than 40 days, Missouri voters will also be deciding whether they want to re-elect their governor Jay Nixon or give another guy a try. That guy is suburban St. Louis businessman Dave Spence, Nixon’s Republican challenger. Nixon and Spence are currently running ads on TV to say why you shouldn’t vote for the other guy. We truth check their ads.
REVIEWING THE NEWS THIS WEEK:
Steve Rose
Kansas City Star
Lewis Diuguid
Kansas City Star
Steve Kraske
KC Star/KCUR Radio
Dave Helling
Kansas City Star
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