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.
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.