Prosecutors charge a former southwest bank CEO with embezzling tens of millions of dollars. lots of Super Bowl bets are being made at state-owned casinos but Kansas stands to collect very little revenue. the attorney general calls out Kansas school districts for their policies on transgender students. and state lawmakers will get a 93% pay hike next year. Those headlines and more, inside.
The roosting population size fell to 2.2 acres this winter, the second smallest since scientists began tracking in this manner in the early 1990s and down from a peak of 45 acres in the mid-1990s.
Kansas lawmakers will make a lot more money next year. experts at Monarch Watch at the University of Kansas say fewer monarch butterflies are wintering in Mexico. lawmakers consider banning smoking at state-owned casinos. the KBI arrests a Topeka teacher for alleged sex crimes. and former KU basketball star Scot Pollard is hospitalized, awaiting a heart transplant. Those stories and more in this ad-free summary of area headlines.
Scientists say roosting monarchs took up 2.2 acres of Mexican fir forests this winter. That's the second smallest overwintering population on the books.
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