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A $1.5 billion stadium funding plan aimed at convincing the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals to stay in Missouri was signed into law Saturday afternoon by Gov. Mike Kehoe shortly before his trip to France on a trade mission.

Kehoe signed two other bills on Saturday: one providing $125 million in aid for communities hit by severe weather and another spending around $200 million on various construction projects across the state.

The bills were the product of a two week special legislative session called by Kehoe last month designed, primarily, to counter an offer by Kansas to fund up to 70% of the construction costs for new stadiums for the Chiefs and Royals if they moved across the state line. That deal expires at the end of the month.

Missouri’s counter offer would allocate state taxes collected from economic activity at Arrowhead and Kauffman to bond payments for renovations at Arrowhead and a new stadium for the Royals in Jackson or Clay counties.

The cost is estimated at close to $1.5 billion over 30 years.

Both teams have expressed interest in leaving Missouri when the lease on their current stadiums expire in 2030.

“We called legislators back to Jefferson City because the stakes were too high to wait,” Kehoe said in an emailed statement announcing he signed the stadium funding deal.

The disaster relief provisions in the legislation address both the devastation of the May 16 tornado in St. Louis and the damages suffered by other Missourians in storms and flooding earlier in the year. The aid was required due to uncertainty about the federal response to the tornado.

Kehoe asked President Donald Trump for a federal disaster declaration for the tornado on May 25 and for April 29 storms in Scott on May 19. The president didn’t officially declare a disaster, opening the door for federal aid, until June 10.

The governor was expected to quickly sign the bills, which passed earlier this week, because he will be in Paris on Monday for his first international trade mission. During Kehoe’s absence, Lt. Gov. David Wasinger will serve as acting governor.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Just days after lawmakers passed a stadium funding bill, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed it into law Saturday.

Kehoe announced the special session, after the Legislature wrapped up its work without giving final approval to a plan that would authorize state bonds for the Chiefs and Royals valued at up to half the cost of the stadium projects.

Missouri leaders said the funding was needed because Kansas lawmakers already passed a plan that would allow the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals to use bonds for up to 70% of the cost of building new stadiums.

Kehoe said Missouri’s plan ensures the Show-Me State is competitive in its efforts to keep the Chiefs, Royals, and other professional sports teams in the future.

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The new plan gives the state the ability to use bonds and one-time tax credits as incentives for professional sports teams to finance and build stadiums in Missouri.

Supporters also say the act includes built-in protections for taxpayers.

The stadium funding bill is just one of several issues Missouri lawmakers handled during the special session. They also approved funding for disaster relief, property tax relief, and other help for businesses.

The offer in Kansas expires on June 30, unless lawmakers extend the offer.

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The Royals have set a self-imposed June deadline to announce where they plan to build a new home.

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The talk of the media has circulated around where Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes ranked in Chris Simms' recent Top 10 quarterback rankings. Simms views Mahomes as the fourth-best quarterback in the National Football League going into the 2025 campaign, creating a stir among analysts and fans.

When defending his claim, Simms believes that Mahomes hasn't played his best football compared to the likes of Buffalo Bills' Josh Allen, Cincinnati Bengals' Joe Burrow, and Baltimore Ravens' Lamar Jackson.

"Yes, the man, the myth, the legend, one of the greatest I've ever seen and maybe the clutchest quarterback in football; the quarterback play week in week out, and I don't think he would disagree with me, has not been as high level the past two seasons as Joe Burrow, Lamar (Jackson), or Josh Allen," Simms said.

That being said, former Chiefs running back and teammate of Mahomes, LeSean McCoy, gave his two cents on the situation. On a recent episode of The Facility, the former Chiefs running back went so far as to say that the NFL is Mahomes' league.

“This is crazy! I think Patrick Mahomes is clearly better than all the other quarterbacks," McCoy said. "There’s one quarterback, since he stepped in as a starter, ‘Okay, I’m the starter. I’ve only seen an AFC Championship, that’s the worst I’ve seen, and the best I’ve seen is Super Bowl."

“Forget the quarterback, this is his league and everybody knows that. Any player out here running around talking about this and third, they know it lives and dies with Kansas City. The Eagles was thebest team last year, in my opinion, easily talent-wise, roster-wise, the best team, and the question was, do they have enough to beat the Chiefs?"

While McCoy was only with the Chiefs for the 2019 campaign, he has firsthand experience at what Mahomes does to maintain his excellence as the face of the NFL.

"When we talk about elite quarterbacks you're not comparing yourself with nobody else but Patrick Mahomes i think it's super disrespectful so yes he is clearly the best quarterback and the best player in this league."

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KANSAS CITY, Mo — Celebrate with music, food, and drinks this weekend—Boulevardia returns for its milestone 10th anniversary at Crown Center.

The popular urban street fest transforms the heart of KC into a lively pop?up city full of music, food, drink, art and family fun.

"It's just a good summer festival, just to take in all the sights, lot of good vendors as well, and just some of the dope bands. I mean, they're stacking it with local people this year," said Jeff Shafer one of the local artists.

Shafer also known as Flare Tha Rebel is no stranger to taking the big stage at Boulevardia. He said this weekend allows local artists like himself to be seen.

"It's a platform to utilize," said Shafer. "It's a moment to shine. It's a moment to get in front of new fans. It's a moment to show the people that have been rocking with you for a good while, to show their love for being on a stage like this."

The event kicks off at noon Saturday, taking over Crown Center and Washington Square Park.

There are over 40 several local artists and DJ's performing this weekend, including top headliners, Tech N9ne, Honestav, and the Greeting Committee.

The festival also has several food truck vendors and breweries.

"It is a whole day event. Understand that there are places where you can get water and retreats of the shade, if it gets a little hot. Get a crew, show up early, check off the bands you want to see," said Shafer.

Tickets are still available starting at $51 for general admission—kids 12 and under get in free.

You can check their website for more information.

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An iconic Missouri general store has reopened for business just in time for summer after a blaze destroyed the store back in December.

“Scott’s Iconium Store has risen from the ashes and has become The Iconium General Store,” said shop owner Shannon Tucker, in a GoFundMe post. “Thanks to all of your help, the Tucker family has persevered and has peach floats flowing, pizzas baking, beads and claws for sale, and more coming online every day.”

Shannon Tucker , who owns the store with his wife Nikki Tucker, reopened on June 1, serving ice cream before quickly expanding to sell other items like soda and milk and most recently their fresh pizza from their pizza oven.

“There’s no way I could possibly thank everybody enough,” Shannon Tucker said.

Scott’s Iconium General Store— a popular pit stop for Scouting groups that’s located just under two hours southeast of Kansas City at 12770 NE Highway C near Osceola — was gutted in a fire back on Dec. 22.

The store is known for serving Peach Nehi ice cream floats, saying they serve sometimes up to 1,000 floats in a single day.

The shop had several volunteers come at the end of May to help with mowing, spreading mulch, moving furniture, setting up product and other things needed ahead of their reopening date.

“It was ridiculously amazing,” he said, adding several volunteers helped his contractor finish up a building. “...before long (the contractor) had four or five dads just up here, all in their own trade, finishing this last building out. I mean they knocked it out in a day and a half instead of a week.”

Shannon Tucker’s goal was to be up and running by the time Scouts start camping at the H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation on June 1. While he met the goal, the mission got harder after his wife was in a UTV accident May 7 where she broke over 20 bones and had a collapsed lung. Nikki Tucker returned home from the hospital just before the shop’s opening, and spends the day sitting and talking to customers, according to Shannon Tucker.

The current set up for the general store is temporary for this summer, and Shannon Tucker has plans to build a permanent building at the end of the season in August.

“I want to give it the respect that I think it deserves,” Shannon Tucker said, “I needed more than three months to do that. let’s get an ice cream trailer and let’s get a, a portal mobile home kind of thing, and let’s get some of these buildings in here and get ‘em hooked up and serve the customers what they need.

Right now, there’s an ice cream stand, a double wide mobile home which sells non-food items and a grocery hut, as well as a pizza oven in the back. Selections will be expanded in the coming weeks, according to Shannon Tucker.

Scott’s Iconium General store is open every day between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m.