Star Politics: Paying for 50% of Chiefs’ & Royals’ stadiums? Inside MO plan
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Good morning, Star readers.
Today, we’re looking at Missouri’s last-minute plan to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals in the state. The proposal, which would allow the state to help pay for new stadiums for the teams, passed the Missouri House yesterday.
Next, we’ll get into:
• KC housing rules doomed: Kansas City’s protections against housing discrimination will likely fall after Missouri lawmakers passed legislation to overturn the landmark ordinance.
• Former governor’s bid: Former Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer, a surgeon by trade, is poised to run again for governor. The Johnson County Republican spent nearly a year as governor in 2018 after Gov. Sam Brownback resigned.
This week in politics
The Missouri House on Tuesday approved an 11th-hour proposal to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals in the state, opening a path for Missouri to potentially offer state aid to help pay for new or upgraded stadiums for the teams.
The vote came after Gov. Mike Kehoe pitched the plan to lawmakers earlier in the day. The stadium-funding package now heads to the Senate, where its future appears murky in the final days of the legislative session.
The lightning-fast plan marks Missouri’s first major retaliatory shot against Kansas in the ongoing fight over the future of the teams.
“We need to compete with Kansas. We need to compete now,” said Rep. Chris Brown, a Kansas City Republican from Clay County who offered the proposal on the House floor.
More from this past week
• Kit Bond, the Missouri governor and U.S. senator, who changed the face of Kansas City, has died at age 86.
• Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, a Republican, has alleged that a transgender advocacy group ripped off donors. Now, he’s filing a lawsuit.
• A Kansas City man was in prison for 23 years for a double murder he did not commit. The board that oversees the Kansas City Police Department will now pay $14 million.
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This story was originally published May 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM.
