Require Age Verification News Today

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.

In a break with legislative trends in other Western countries, Australia has opted not to require age verification.