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I am in Kansas. That house across the street is in Missouri.
And I wanna tell you how dual-or multi-state metros really become a mess of policy. I'd love to hear more from people with other experiences and expertise!
And I wanna tell you how dual-or multi-state metros really become a mess of policy. I'd love to hear more from people with other experiences and expertise!
Things we do together:
1. Renovating State Line Road and other city roads
2. Public transportation
1. Renovating State Line Road and other city roads
2. Public transportation
Things obscured by layers of bureaucracy:
1. Medicaid rules. I know a therapist working with LGBTQ youth who works in Missouri. I can send clients to her in person but she can't do telehealth for them despite the 50 mile rule.
1. Medicaid rules. I know a therapist working with LGBTQ youth who works in Missouri. I can send clients to her in person but she can't do telehealth for them despite the 50 mile rule.
2. Children in foster care can't live in that house without the ICPC process even if it's their aunt who raised them. They can't even spend the night without written permission.
3. Missing kids: transporting back falls to "will police do it?" Can they? (They often don't know)
3. Missing kids: transporting back falls to "will police do it?" Can they? (They often don't know)
4. I won't get arrested for having weed at that house. I will here.
5. If I want to see how clear the roads are I have to look at two websites.
6. I can buy liquor at the grocery store there. In Prairie Village, KS, Hy-Vee has grocery & gas on the KS side, liquor in Missouri.
5. If I want to see how clear the roads are I have to look at two websites.
6. I can buy liquor at the grocery store there. In Prairie Village, KS, Hy-Vee has grocery & gas on the KS side, liquor in Missouri.
7. I have to register my vehicle every year here. Every other year there (but more complicated).
8. Homes across the street cost about the same but I pay more property tax in Missouri. In fact the MO home is worth so much because of the values here. Other taxes higher in KS.
8. Homes across the street cost about the same but I pay more property tax in Missouri. In fact the MO home is worth so much because of the values here. Other taxes higher in KS.
9. Electricity costs almost twice as much in Missouri as Kansas even though Kansas is one of the top states for renewable energy. Missouri hasn't changed energy sources much at all in decades-it's overwhelmingly coal.
10. If I'm poor, I'll find better social programs in Kansas. For example, if I needed TANF, I could get up to $426 a single parent with 2 kids. In Missouri to receive that much, I'd need 5 kids. If it's just me, my maximum benefit is 49% lower in Missouri than Kansas.
11. The states compete for business by offering big tax benefits to corporations who often move back and forth to continue evading taxes, with no job growth to show for it. The governors entered a truce in 2019. In 2020, Missouri finally stopped.
12. If I live in one state and work in another, my employer doesn't have to take out taxes for my state. So when I file my 3 or 4 (KCMO has its own) tax returns, I might have to pay one of the states a lot. Oops.
13. The pay is higher in Kansas. In public service jobs, it's a lot--like 25%.
14. Narcan is a little easier to get in Missouri. As a social worker, that was all I needed to get it from my pharmacy (standing order). In Kansas, I filled a Vicodin script I didn't need to get it.
14. Narcan is a little easier to get in Missouri. As a social worker, that was all I needed to get it from my pharmacy (standing order). In Kansas, I filled a Vicodin script I didn't need to get it.
