Another piece of legislation designed to end Kansas and Missouri’s longstanding economic development “border war” sailed through the Kansas City Council on Thursday.
The ordinance, which Mayor Quinton Lucas first introduced in September, limits Kansas City’s power to entice companies across the border with generous tax abatements.
For years, Kansas and Missouri spent considerable taxpayer resources to lure companies — and coveted jobs — from each other. Companies pocketed, at times, hefty state incentives to move their operations a few miles across the state line. The two states agreed to halt the widely criticized practice last year.
(Read more: KC Star Local News)