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Missouri governor signs 'Border War' truce. But the deal is not done without Kansas.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed a bill Tuesday to abate the economic border war in the Kansas City metro region.
Now he just has to get the other combatant to agree.
The legislation, passed last month on the final day of the General Assembly, would stop Missouri from offering tax incentives to companies that jump the border from Wyandotte, Miami and Johnson counties in Kansas. But it only goes into effect if Kansas were to do the same before 2021 for companies originally in Jackson, Platte, Clay or Cass counties.
The mood at Kansas City’s Union Station was celebratory as a who’s-who of local lawmakers and business leaders joined Parson for the signing.
Read more: https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article231423608.html