(AP) – A Kansas agency that distributes millions of state tax dollars to emerging bioscience companies is promoting its contributions to the economy as it waits for results from a financial audit and a prosecutor’s review of its operations.

The Kansas Bioscience Authority calculates that its investments over the past seven years have created more than 1,300 jobs that on average paid more than $68,700 during the state fiscal year that ended with June.

Earlier this year, Gov. Sam Brownback said publicly he was concerned about the authority after questions arose about its spending. An outside audit is in the works.

Meanwhile, Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe says an investigation of the authority’s operations by his office is ongoing. The authority’s offices are in Olathe, the county’s seat.