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.

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