Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe and supporters of an expansive incentives package to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals in the state pitch the plan as a major economic development opportunity. Not everyone is so sure. Again and again, researchers over decades have found that stadiums are not major drivers of economic development.

The Missouri House on Tuesday endorsed a new framework of financial incentives to try to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals from possibly leaving the state by helping fund new or renovated stadiums for them.

The Missouri State House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday afternoon that would provide a tax credit for the teams for their stadium projects.