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Major battles loom in last week of legislative session

St. Louis Public Radio
Published May 11, 2009 at 8:21 a.m. CDT
(UPI photo/Bill Greenblatt)

By Marshall Griffin, KWMU

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kwmu/local-kwmu-836522.mp3

Jefferson City, MO – The 2009 session of the Missouri General Assembly ends Friday. Work on the budget is complete, but two big battles loom - ending the Senate impasse of Gov. Jay Nixon's job creation bill, and passing some form of Medicaid expansion. KWMU's Marshall Griffin previews the last week of session.

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