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KCUR Morning News 5-18-11

By Maria Carter

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Tea Party will head to Kansas City, Kansas this fall for its Freedom Jamboree.

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback is continuing a series of meetings aimed at growing the state's economy.

Trustees of the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System are postponing an important decision until at least July.

The most popular medical school in the country is located at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Describing himself as a "consistent conservative," Missouri Congressman Todd Akin announced that he has entered the U.S. Senate race to try to unseat Democrat Claire McCaskill in 2012.

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