As the Missouri and Kansas legislatures battle to approve financing plans that could tempt the Chiefs and Royals into resettling somewhere new, both states will rely heavily on public funding.

The bill includes the Show-Me Sports Investment Act, which aims to help fund renovations to the Kansas City Chiefs' stadium and building a new stadium for the Royals. The bill would allow up to 50% of stadium construction bond costs to be paid back with tax money generated at the stadiums.

Missouri lawmakers sent a $1.5 billion plan to the governor to help pay for stadiums for the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals.

Mike Kehoe pitched Republican lawmakers on a sweeping plan to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals in the ... ever tie” abortion to the sports stadium deal. “Nobody would ever give up ...

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