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KCUR Morning News 8-16-11

By Maria Carter

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Jackson County resident will vote this November on a one-8th cent s sales tax to support the zoo.

A Missouri Senate committee heard testimony on whether a state-created company has outlived its usefulness.

A Missouri Senate committee is kicking off a series of statewide hearings in Kansas City today on whether and how to set up a state health insurance exchange.

The body of a Kansas soldier who was killed in Afghanistan will return home to Olathe .

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