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.

A group of renegade GOP state lawmakers whose quarrels with party leaders defined years of Missouri legislative inaction appears to be ripping apart over a plan to fund stadiums for the Chiefs and Royals.

Upgrades to Busch Stadium in St. Louis could get hundreds of millions of dollars in state aid under a bill passed by the Missouri Senate.

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