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Following the dismissal of its lawsuit against the state of Kansas, Wyandotte County’s local government may soon repeal protections it had passed to have a stronger voice in negotiations surrounding the Kansas City Chiefs’ move across the state line. During a 5:30 p.m. meeting on Thursday, the Unified Government Board of Commissioners is scheduled to consider two separate ordinances that, if approved, would mean the county would have to follow Kansas’ lead in how it wants to finance and manage the project. It would also mean that Wyandotte County would give up several conditions that it set when it initially agreed to dedicate a portion of its future local sales tax dollars toward helping to build the projected $3 billion, domed stadium in western Kansas City, Kansas. Their pending vote comes more than a week after Gov.

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