Kansas banking commissioner David Herndon, center, renewed a request of the Kansas Legislature to strengthen regulatory oversight of a new form of financial management company known as TEFFIs. Executives of the state's first TEFFI, Beneficient Company Group, has resisted expansion of the role of banking regulators. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector)

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Chief Justice Marla Luckert said the lack of attorneys in rural Kansas areas was at a crisis point. (Rachel Mipro/Kansas Reflector)

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Kirk Thompson, director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, says he will retire Jan. 10 to conclude a law enforcement career of more than 45 years. His replacement will be chosen by Attorney General-elect Kris Kobach. (Kansas Reflector screen capture from Kansas Legislature YouTube channel)

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