The KC Port Authority Subsidies and Our Schools and Will Killing the State Income Tax Cost Working People More? You betcha!
From Heartland Labor Forum by KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio
April 22, 2026 · 59 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the implications of Port Authority subsidies on schools and the potential impact of eliminating the state income tax on the working class.
There’s been a lot of news lately about the Port Authority and how the Kansas City building trades unions finally got them to agree to require developers that it subsidizes to pay workers decently, but there’s little talk about the cost of economic growth to our schools and libraries who sacrifice tax income to fund development. We’ll talk to teachers about it and ask, should the Plaza be saved at the expense of our kids’ futures? Then, the Missouri legislature is trying to kill the state income tax. We’ll find out from the Missouri Budget Project’s Amy Blouin how much that will cost the working class. Our feature is Washington Window with Mark Gruenberg.
People in this episode
Guest: Amy Blouin
Topics covered
- Port Authority subsidies
- economic growth
- impact on schools
- state income tax
- working class
- Kansas City
- legislation
Keywords
- Port Authority
- subsidies
- schools
- state income tax
- working class
- economic growth
- Missouri
- Kansas City
- teachers
- legislation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Kansas City Port Authority, Missouri Budget Project
Places: Missouri, Kansas City
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