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  "path": "/2026/07/02/data-center-backlash-spills-into-missouri-primaries-as-gop-candidates-demand-action/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-02T14:00:05.000Z",
  "site": "https://missouriindependent.com",
  "tags": [
    "Legislature",
    "amazon",
    "Amendment 5",
    "Colin Wellenkamp",
    "data centers",
    "Don Mayhew",
    "Google",
    "Gov. Mike Kehoe",
    "Mike Costlow",
    "Missouri Department of Natural Resources",
    "Missouri Rural Crisis Center",
    "Tricia Byrnes"
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  "textContent": "MONTGOMERY CITY — Bill Cope stood before the Montgomery County Commission earlier this month to urge local officials to reject a 25-year, 70% personal property tax abatement for a $15 billion, 934-acre Google data center project under construction outside of New Florence. “I’m not against the schools or health department or anybody getting more money,” […]",
  "title": "Data center backlash spills into Missouri primaries as GOP candidates demand action"
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