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Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• Alyssa Bustamante sentenced to life in prison
• A workplace discrimination reform bill passes the Missouri Senate
• Gov. Jay Nixon on his recent decrease in cuts to higher education
  

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon explains why he waited to add money to the state's higher education budget.
• Missouri state Sen. Mike Parson introduces legislation to move back candidate filing deadlines.
• Alyssa Bustamante is sentenced to life without parole for second-degree murder.

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon says he needed to cover all his bases before proposing to add $40 million to his higher education budget.

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon says he want to add $40 million to his higher education budget.  The money would come from a proposed lawsuit settlement with five large mortgage banks over foreclosure practices.