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Mo. Legislature Plans Tax Breaks For KCNSC Extension

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, April 17th, 2024

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Mo. Legislature Plans Tax Breaks For KCNSC Extension

A worker at the National Nuclear Security Administration's Kansas City National Security Complex. Source: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies

The Missouri House of Representatives was set to vote as soon as this week on bills that would give tax breaks for the planned expansion of the Kansas City Nuclear Security Campus in Missouri. On Monday, the legislation was on the informal third reading calendar of the state’s 163-member House of Representatives, meaning the measure has been debated and approved by the committees with jurisdiction over it and could be called for a vote by the full chamber at any…

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