Posts Tagged Kansas
First-ever binding end to a border war: Missouri-Kansas
By Kenny Thomas
August 2, 2019
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has just signed an executive order that prohibits state subsidies being used to move existing Missouri firms in four Missouri counties to three Kansas counties, which together make up the Kansas City metropolitan area. Unlike previous voluntary no-raiding deals,
2014: A Landmark Year for Subsidy Accountability
Two-thousand fourteen was a banner year for our movement, hands down. The first move to require standardized subsidy-cost reporting! The first half of a legally-binding two-state cease fire deal! The first state ban on tax-break commissions! A big surge found in state disclosure of subsidies! Big improvements to our Subsidy Tracker, enabling first-ever mash-ups!
Missouri Seeks Cease-Fire in Kansas City Border War
A bill signed this week by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has the potential to solve one aspect of the w
Kansas’s PEAK Subsidy Fails Performance Audit
A Kansas state legislative audit of the controversial Pr