Kansas leaders not planning on extending STAR Bonds
January of that year is when their current leases expire at the Truman Sports Complex.
Kansas House Speaker and Wichita Republican Dan Hawkins said he talks with the teams every once in a while, and they're also talking with the Kansas Department of Commerce.
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Hawkins said on Friday that he thinks the teams are close to some sort of proposal that the department would bring to people like him. He also said they don't plan on at least at this time, extending the Sales Tax and Revenue (STAR) Bond package that ends June 30 of this year.
With that in mind, FOX4 asked him if he thought the teams would make their stadium decisions in about a month.
'Well, I'm not sure I agree with that,' Hawkins said.
'Actually, I think we've made a very good proposal, and I think that they know we've made a good proposal, and certainly, Missouri hasn't done anything.'
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Missouri Governor and Republican Mike Kehoe plans to call his state lawmakers back into Jefferson City in June of this year for a special session regarding the Chiefs and the Royals after the State Senate failed to pass the stadium package earlier in May.
Hawkins was on FOX4 Friday as part of Sunday, May 25th's episode of 4 The People. FOX4 will post the full conversation on the website later that day.
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