JEFFERSON CITY

A sweeping incentives plan to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals in Missouri could be in jeopardy even before lawmakers begin debating the proposal this week.

The stadium funding plan, unveiled last month by Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe, is poised to run into resistance from both sides of the political aisle. That opposition puts the proposal on a difficult path as lawmakers returned to Jefferson City on Monday for a special session .

Missouri’s special session marks the most pivotal moment in the state’s fight over the teams with Kansas. Approval of the plan could shape the future of the Kansas City metro and decide which state, on either side of State Line Road, will spend millions in tax incentives to secure the teams for years to come.

But the proposal first

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