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State Of City, KCMO Budget, Brody Buster

27-year-old bluesman Brody Buster's new album showcases his rock 'n' roll side.
Image Courtesy of Brody Buster
27-year-old bluesman Brody Buster's new album showcases his rock 'n' roll side.

 

The show for March 18, 2012.  Click "Listen" to hear the entire show; see below for individual stories.

KCMO Residents Sound Off On State Of The City
Kansas City Mayor Sly James gives his assessment of the State of the City in an address at Bartle Hall on Monday. But how are residents rating KC life?

The Mayor And City Council Negotiate A Billion-Dollar Budget
Mayor Sly James and the city council are having their final meetings this week and next over the city's budget, which is more than a billion dollars. They'll take a final vote to adopt the budget on March 29, and it goes into effect May 1st. The Kansas City Star's city hall reporter Lynn Horsley has been following the negotiations since the beginning of the year.

Missouri Caucuses Muddy The Waters
The path Missouri Republicans have taken in choosing a presidential nominee has been as twisty as an Ozark mountain road. The caucus phase starts in the Ozark foothills of southwest Missouri.

Missouri Legislature Considers Reducing Benefits For The Blind
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon is accusing lawmakers in Jefferson City of trying to balance the state budget on the backs of some of the state's neediest: blind people with limited resources. But legislators say cuts to health care for blind Missourians are needed to pay for higher education, which the governor wants to trim. Read more on the story here.

Brody Buster's New CD Will Die Young
Today, at age 27, Brody Buster is a music veteran with 20 years of live music performance under his belt. As a child, he became internationally-famous as a prodigy on the harmonica. But now, with a new CD entitled “Will Die Young,” he’s taking a giant leap away from his past.

A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Susan admits that her “first love” was radio, being an avid listener since childhood. However, she spent much of her career in mental health, healthcare administration, and sports psychology (Susan holds a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Bloch School of Business at UMKC.) In the meantime, Wilson satisfied her journalistic cravings by doing public speaking, providing “expert” interviews for local television, and being a guest commentator/contributor to KPRS’s morning drive time show and the teen talk show “Generation Rap.”
Sylvia Maria Gross is storytelling editor at KCUR 89.3. Reach her on Twitter @pubradiosly.
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