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Photo by Stephen KorandaGovernor Sam Brownback will be visiting universities in Kansas Today (MON). Eileen Hawley, a Brownback spokesperson, says he’ll be meeting with university officials and talking about the importance of higher education in the state.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa7ccae0000The governor will make stops at Pittsburg State University, as well as Emporia State, Kansas State and Wichita State. Brownback will also be praising a bill passed by the Legislature that reverses some university funding cuts that were passed last year. Browback’s likely opponent this fall in the race for governor is Paul Davis, from Lawrence, who is the top Democrat in the Kansas House.

The largest lottery jackpot in the world is up for grabs in tonight's (WED) Powerball drawing. Have you purchased your losing ticket yet? Odds are overwhelmingly against you winning the top Powerball prize (now at $1.5 billion), but you have zero chance of winning without a ticket.

Governor-elect Kelly has made overhauling the child welfare system a top priority, but the cost of fixing the system could prove challenging.

(basketball image via sxc.hu)Two Kansas universities have men's basketball teams ranked in the top 10. The second-ranked Wichita State Shockers and the eighth-ranked Kansas Jayhawks are both looking for the same this month -- a number-one seed in the NCAA tournament. The Shockers and the Jayhawks will find out who gets what on March 16... Selection Sunday. Typically, these two Kansas teams don’t play each other during the regular season. But, as KPR’s Greg Echlin reports, they could be headed for a showdown during March Madness.

James Nicholson, the top official at the Department of Veterans Affairs, says he will leave his post by Oct. 1. Under Nicholson, the agency was criticized for being unprepared to care for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski and other top officials tour the Prudhoe Bay oil pipelines, which have been crippled by corrosion discovered on Sunday. Lost production at Prudhoe Bay, America's largest oilfield, has sent oil prices to record levels.

A resident of Paola, Kansas, is the world's top shotgun trap shooter. Derrick Mein is defending his title this week... and hoping to return to the Olympic games next year.

Everyone's favorite holiday tradition returns Dec. 9 at Liberty Hall with a night of dancing and holiday cheer alongside the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra.

Yes, inequality is rising in the U.S. But it's falling when you look at all of humanity.

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press, as compiled by the KPR news staff.