WEBVTT WHO'S GETTING THOSE NEW JOBS NOWAND WHY.BRIAN: FOR YEARS, KANSAS CREATEDTHE MOST NEW JOBS.ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, MISSOURITOOK OVER THE LEAD, CREATING 80%OF NEW JOBS IN THE METRO.>> TO SUSTAIN IT LIKE MISSOURIHAS IS DEFINITELY SIGNIFICANT.BRIAN: JEFF PINKERTON KNOWS BOTHECONOMIES INSIDE AND OUT.>> I'VE BEEN WORKING DOWNTOWNHERE FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND IT'SA TOTALLY DIFFERENT PLACE.BRIAN: HE SAYS THE STREETCAR ANDDOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION AREBRINGING PEOPLE AND LOTS OFSMALL EMPLOYERS.THE OTHER BIG FACTOR, CERNER'SBANISTER CAMPUS, WHICH COULD ENDUP EMPLOYING 15,000 WORKERS.>> ON THE MISSOURI SIDE, YOUJUST DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE THATMUCH DYNAMIC GROWTH UNTILRECENTLY, AND IT'S JUST TAKENOFF HERE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.BRIAN: HE SAYS, WHILE SOMECOMPANIES FLIP FLOP THE STATELINE FOR TAX INCENTIVES, THATHAS LITTLE IMPACT OVERALL.>> I THINK THOSE KIND OF ZEROOUT.BRIAN: SO WHAT'S HURTING KANSAS?>> THE POLITICAL DISCUSSION THATIS GOING ON IN KANSAS.KANSAS MADE A CONCERTEDEFFORT TO BE A LOWER TAX, LOWERSERVICE STATE.BRIAN: KANSAS IS ROCK BOTTOM INU.S. JOB CREATION, 50TH OUT OF50 STATES.>> DEAD LAST IN JOB CREATION THEYEAR, ENDING THIS LAST AUGUST.LOST 9000 JOBS.BRIAN: IN KANSAS, SEVERALINDUSTRIES HAVE SLOWED, LIKEAVIATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES.WHAT HE AND OTHERS WANT TO SEEIS GROWTH ON BOTH SIDES OF THESTATE LINE.>> I'D BE REALLY EXCITED TO SEEHOW THIS REGION DOES IN TERMS OFEMPLOYMENT GROWTH IF BOTH STATESWERE DOING WELL.BRIAN: NOW, TWO BIG PROJECTSCOULD BE HUGE FOR KANSAS ANDMISSOURI IF THE AIRPORTTERMINAL'S READ BILL.IF AMAZON'S BILL, THERE WILL BECONSTRUCTION WORKERS ANDEMPLOYERS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THESTATE LINE.