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Kayla Regan

Intern, KC Currents

Kayla Regan is an intern for KC Currents. Previously, she’s worked for the Lawrence Journal-World and University Daily Kansan. She blogged for Kansasfreepress.com and Wellcommons.com.  In 2010, she received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications.

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KCUR News
11:43 am
Tue September 20, 2011

Proposal Could Raise State Cigarette Tax to Nearly a Dollar

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By Kayla Ragan, KCUR Intern

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The American Cancer Society has filed a ballot proposal with the secretary of state's office to raise Missouri's cigarette tax to 90 cents a pack.

Missouri currently has the lowest cigarette tax in the country at 17 cents a pack.

Misty Snodgrass with the American Cancer Society's Missouri chapter said a higher tax is needed to fund smoking cessation and education programs.

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KCUR News
5:31 pm
Tue September 13, 2011

Voices from the Military's 9/11 Generation

Tiffany Birmingham, president of Veteran?s Success Center at Penn Valley, is a native of the Kansas City, MO area. She was inspired to join the military after seeing coverage of the terrorist attacks of September 11. Photo by Kayla Regan/KCUR.
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By Sylvia Maria Gross and Kayla Regan

KANSAS CITY, MO – People who've served in the military in the past ten years are considered part of the 9/11 generation. This generation is made up of more than five million people who have served in active, guard and reserve units. This is the first time since the Revolutionary War that the United States has engaged in sustained conflicts with an all-volunteer military.

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