House Speaker Dan Hawkins on Friday expressed optimism about the prospect of Kansas landing the Royals and the Chiefs after a deal aimed at keeping them in Missouri collapsed in that state's legislature this week.
Hawkins said he anticipated that a deal could be reached to bring the franchises to Kansas before a state law that provides them tax incentives to build new stadiums expires at the end of June. The Legislature has an option to extend the law.
"I believe that the Commerce Department and the teams are in pretty good negotiations, and we kind of expect to . . .
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