ROXANA HEGEMAN, Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A subpoena obtained by The Associated Press shows a federal grand jury is looking into loans made to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s re-election campaign.

The subpoena orders the executive director of the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission to appear Wednesday in Topeka and to provide documents pertaining to loans Brownback’s campaign received in 2013 and 2014.

The Dec. 2 subpoena doesn’t say which specific loans are being investigated, but the only loans listed on campaign disclosure reports for those years are one from Brownback himself and others from Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer.

Colyer loaned Brownback’s campaign $500,000 in August, the third such loan Brownback’s running mate made to the governor’s re-election bid.

The governor’s office said Thursday that it was unaware of the investigation. The U.S. attorney’s office declined comment.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Three convicted killers who have spent a total of more than 90 years in prison are among 29 Kansas inmates eligible for parole.

The Kansas Prisoner Review board will hear public comments regarding the inmates on Jan. 16 in the Topeka Municipal Court chambers.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports 59-year-old Albert D. Williams, 73-year-old Marvin “Butch” Thornton and 47-year-old Clyde Sullivan are among inmates up for parole.

Williams is serving two life sentences for killing 24-year-old Pamela Parker and 19-year-old Pam Smith in early 1978.

Thornton is serving time for second-degree murder in June 1977, while Sullivan was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison for second-degree murder in January 1986.

Both Thornton and Sullivan previously were paroled but sent back to prison for violating conditions of their release.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State University is hosting 15 educational meetings across the state as farmers face major decisions by the end of March under the new farm bill.

Agricultural economists Art Barnaby and Mykel Taylor from Kansas State University plan to travel the state in January and February to provide information on commodity programs and changes to crop insurance. They will be joined by representatives from the Agriculture Department’s Farm Service Agency.

The first event is Monday in Wichita. That meeting will be unlike the other 14 meetings because it is the only one in which the new cotton program will be covered.

Meetings also will cover tools funded by the Agriculture Department designed to help farmers make decisions.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler appears poised to propose new rules that would classify Internet service providers as public utilities in a move designed to ensure everyone has the same access to free content online.

Wheeler strongly indicated he favors the shift to tougher regulations during a Wednesday appearance in Las Vegas at the International CES, a technology industry gadget show.

The remarks suggest that the Federal Communications Commission is falling in line with President Barack Obama, who announced in November that he favors governing Internet service providers like telephone companies to preserve a “free and open” Internet.

Major Internet service providers fiercely oppose the change, arguing it will kill jobs and discourage them from investing in network upgrades.

The FCC plans to vote on the proposal on Feb. 26.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama will veto legislation that would increase his health care law’s definition of a full-time worker from 30 to 40 hours per week.

Republicans say the health law’s 30-hour requirement is encouraging companies to cut workers’ hours. The White House said in statement Wednesday there is no evidence the law has caused a broad shift to part-time work.

The House plans to debate the measure this week as one of its first orders of business in the new Congress.

The White House argues the bill would reduce the number of Americans with employer-based health insurance coverage and create incentives for employers to shift employees to part-time work. The White House says the bill would also increase the deficit by $45.7 billion over 10 years.