KCUR Morning News 2-21-11

By Maria Carter

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas ethics panel is reviewing allegations former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline committed misconduct while investigating abortion providers.

A federal judge says he plans to have a ruling by mid-March on a lawsuit over how much local money can be raised to pay for Kansas public schools.

Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill says Congress needs to play by the same rules as everyone else.

The Missouri Department of Conservation would have to reimburse landowners for any damage caused by the reintroduction of elk, under a bill filed in the State Senate.

A fire at a farm in Pleasant Hill killed six horses that gave therapeutic riding lessons to the disabled.