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A group billing itself as non-partisan is calling on U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D, Missouri) to reveal where she stands on micro-unions.

Micro-unions are smaller groups of workers within an officially-sanctioned labor union.  The National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) issued a ruling last year that allowed the creation of micro-unions.  Jason Klindt with the Coalition to Protect Missouri Jobs says micro-unions are a threat to small businesses.

Updated 8:50 am Tuesday with statement from Sen. Blunt.

The US Veterans Administrations Inspector General has issued a report following complaints that a nurse did not act appropriately when treating two patients receiving hemodialysis treatment at the John Cochran VA Medical Center.  

The nurse  did not report changes in one of the patient’s condition, and the 57-year-old man died the next day, according to the report.  

U.S. Senate candidate John Brunner has launched the first critical TV ad in Missouri's Republican Senate primary.

Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson is in Missouri hoping to help a man with a similar background score a similar victory.

Johnson was attending a fundraiser and campaign event Wednesday for John Brunner, one of three prominent Republicans seeking to challenge Democratic Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill in November.

A Brunner spokesman said the campaign hopes to raise $50,000 from the fundraiser in suburban St. Louis.

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• St. Louis institutions file birth control suits
• Obama to speak at Joplin High School graduation
• GM breaks ground on expansion at Wentzville Assembly plant

Sen. Claire McCaskill has extra security in place following a comment at a Tea Party rally last week.

Regional news coverage from the KBIA News room, including:

• The state of the state budget.
• McCaskill's security precautions.
• A Springfield mayor's resignation.