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Regional news coverage from the KBIA News room, including:

• Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon's administration reports three fatalities from Tuesday's severe storms . 
• Republican US Senate candidate Sarah Steelman appoints speaker of the Missouri house as her campaign chairman.
• Gov. Jay Nixon releases more than $5 million for education funding. 

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sarah Steelman has recruited the speaker of the Missouri House to serve as her campaign chairman.

Two of the three Republican candidates running to challenge Senator Claire McCaskill in November squared off Tuesday in the first of what is sure to be several debates before the primary election.