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Missouri Governor Mike Parson and Kansas Governor Laura Kelly on Tuesday celebrated an end to the longstanding economic border war and pledged to usher in a new era of cooperation between the two states. Reporter Kevin Hardy joins hosts Dave Helling and Leah Becerra to talk about what this truce means for Kansas, Missouri and the Kansas City area. For further reading: ‘Sometimes common sense does prevail.’ Missouri, Kansas celebrate end of border war - https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/article233725152.html Port KC plans to ‘get in line’ with Kansas-Missouri border war ceasefire - https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/article233791202.html Kansas City companies rush to cash in before border war tax breaks disappear - https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article233614227.html Fewer than half of USDA workers will follow agency to Kansas City - https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article232730352.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices