JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The stadium package for the Kansas City Chiefs and the Kansas City Royals has cleared its first hurdle in the Special Session of the Missouri Legislature. A State Senate Committee passed the vote 6-3 Tuesday.

A last-minute change on Monday made it easier for the Fiscal Oversight Committee to pass Senate Bill (SB) 3, one of the proposals read Monday that would try to keep the Chiefs and Royals in Missouri.

The bill's sponsor, Republican State Senator Kurtis Gregory of Saline County and Marshall was put on the committee Monday. The move ensured one of the five votes was there to pass it out of committee.

After the vote Tuesday, Gregory talked about Republican State Senate President Cindy O'Laughlin of Shelby County, Missouri and Shelbina.

"That was the President Pr

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