KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In an exclusive interview with FOX4’s Kansas Capitol Bureau, Democratic Governor Laura Kelly says that the minute she feels like there’s a bidding war between her state and Missouri, she’s ‘out’ on negotiations when it comes to sports teams.
In the Summer of 2024, Kelly signed a bill that would allow the state to issue Sales Tax and Revenue (STAR) Bonds to pay for new stadiums for the Chiefs and Royals in the Sunflower State.
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Thursday, Kelly told Capitol Bureau Reporter Rebekah Chung that she does not think it’s fair to Kansans for state leaders to get into a bidding war type of approach when it comes to economic development.
“So, you know, you can be sure that, we’ve done a lot of economic development deals in the time that I have been governor,” she told Chung. “We have vetted every single one of those to ensure that if we’re going to invest this kind of money, we’re going to get a heck of a return on that investment.”…