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Kansas is poised to significantly increase the pay for state legislators, nearly doubling their compensation. The raise would bring their total pay to almost $58,000.
Kansas is set to nearly double state legislators' pay at the start of next year, making their compensation better than it is for their counterparts in a majority of states, including more populous ones like Georgia and Texas.
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.