Kansas City gives trade assocation a second helping of tax incentives

Petrified of losing another business to Kansas, the Kansas City, Missouri, City Council recently awarded an organization of state insurance regulators a $1.5 million subsidy to remain at Crown Center.

The council members may not have been aware, but the National Association of Insurance Commissioners is already the indirect beneficiary of a tax break. The association leases space in a building with a reduced property tax bill.