SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Missouri gave final approval Friday to state financing for a downtown exposition center in Springfield, a $12.5 million facility seen as key to the city's economic hopes.
The agreement calls for the state to devote about $715,000 annually for 23 years to retire bonds for the project, with the city financing the rest.
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