Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri, is weighing $235 million in special obligation bonds to help fund the $1.4 billion expansion of the KC Current's two-year-old stadium.

Transit authorities around the country are bracing for upticks in ridership and revenue thanks to the World Cup as negotiations over surface transportation authorization linger in the background.

Legislation recently passed in Missouri clarifies the rules regarding bond election notices.

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission will sell the third lien state road bonds in a competitive deal set for auction on Tuesday.

Moody's Ratings revised Missouri's outlook to negative from stable, citing a large structural deficit that will push fund balances below its Aaa-rated peers.

The city council of Kansas City approved an ordinance laying the groundwork for a $1.9 billion stadium for the Kansas City Royals.

Voters rejected a 3% hotel tax increase Tuesday in Springfield, Missouri. They had already rejected a similar measure in November.

Divisions are emerging among Missouri lawmakers over the $50.3 billion fiscal 2027 budget the House passed last Tuesday.

St. Louis Community Ice Center drew on a debt service reserve to make payments on its unrated Series 2018A revenue bonds and defaulted on its 2018B bonds.

Ajay Pathak and Bill Reisner will co-lead a differentiated healthcare practice in Stifel's public finance group.

Governors plan to cut taxes and expand school vouchers across many of the Midwest's Republican-led states in fiscal year 2027.

Platte County, Missouri, formally withdraws from public financing of a shopping center that sparked court battles after its sales tax revenues began to falter.

The Kansas City Chiefs will leave Missouri for Kansas, where sales tax and revenue bonds will help finance a $3 billion domed stadium expected to open in 2031.

Data center projects, which are proliferating across the country, are taking advantage of tax breaks that can be costly for states and local governments.

Missouri auditor Scott Fitzpatrick released an audit report on St. Louis Public Schools, finding the district will run out of funds in fiscal year 2031.

School districts across Missouri face uncertainty over certification of their bond measures in light of a statute requiring a precise public notice window.

A Kansas state legislative council will meet next month to keep a 2024 bond-financing law alive at the request of the Missouri-based Kansas City Chiefs.

After a special legislative session, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed legislation authorizing state-backed bonds for stadiums to keep teams in Missouri.

The St. Louis tornadoes came after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration mothballed its tracker of billion-dollar weather and climate disasters.

The bond trustee filed notice of a settlement that would extend the maturity of the Industrial Development Authority of Platte County Zona Rosa bonds 30 years.