Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins says if the Chiefs or Royals are interested in jumping the border to build new stadiums in Kansas, they should act on the state’s offer soon.

On Wednesday, Hawkins, a Wichita Republican, said he doesn’t want to extend the supercharged stadium-funding incentive proposal beyond its June 30 expiration date.

“I think if they want to get it done, they’ve still got time to get it done,” Hawkins told The Star.

Under the bill signed into law after a one-day special session last June, a small group of legislative leaders, including Hawkins, has the option to extend Kansas’ stadium-funding plan for another year.

“My opinion is, you extend it, it just gives them more time to leverage against Missouri, so why do we want to do that?” said Hawkins, who recently ann

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