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Statewide purchases of marijuana reached $950 million since Missouri began offering recreational sales in February, and the job market continues to grow. The state has also begun awarding microbusiness licenses. But it hasn't been all roses for the weed industry.
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A new Royals stadium has been controversial since it was announced. A location and funding plan is yet to be determined. But at the heart of the debate is a fundamental question of whether Kauffman Stadium can or should continue to be the venue for future Royals games.
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Kansas City’s Central City Economic Development program, started in 2017, is set to be renewed soon. The sales tax was supposed to help revive neighborhoods east of The Paseo — but critics say it hasn't done much of anything.
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Kansas City’s Central City Economic Development program, started in 2017, is set to be renewed soon — but critics aren't so sure about a program they say has done little.
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The prospective new owners already own a similar luxury shopping district in Dallas and another in North Carolina. After the current owners of the Plaza defaulted on a nearly $300 million loan and demolished about three acres of the district to make way for a Nordstrom that never came, city officials are eager to work with new owners.
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The new Pennway Point entertainment district, which makes use of space that sat empty for years as industrial storage, is already making some neighbors in the Westside neighborhood uneasy. Developers are building the project without using tax money, but say they plan to seek incentives for the years ahead.
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Kansas City last updated its economic development strategy in 2014, during a very different time for the metro. Some council members say the city should revise the plan to better include affordable housing, sustainable efforts and transit.
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Will a divisive deal at the airport push Kansas City to update its 10-year-old development strategy?Kansas City last passed an overarching development policy in 2014. Officials say priorities — and the city's needs — have changed since then.
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Refugees coming to Kansas City often need to learn how to drive in order to get a job or go to school. One Congolese man is stepping up to teach his fellow compatriots. Plus: Despite the fact that child care can cost more than a mortgage in Kansas, providers say they can barely afford to stay open.
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Under the incentive deal, the developer would avoid paying about $28.9 million in taxes over the next two decades.
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Child care is expensive for families, yet it doesn't bring in enough money for providers to grow or pay workers high wages. Kansas is at a crossroads.
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Richard Chaves Jr. pumped nearly $30,000 into city council campaigns during the most recent election cycle. He wants to build roundabouts, a parking garage and commercial space near the airport — and wants city money to do it.