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John Celock

Obamacare Foe's Aide Gears Up Run For Key Post

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 12.11.2012 | Politics
Read More: State Health Care Reform, Kansas Republicans, Stephen Six, Aaron Jack, Health Insurance, Sandy Praeger, Moderate Republicans, Video, State Health Care Exchanges, Obamacare, Health Care Exchanges, Insurance, Kansas Politics, Sam Brownback, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Mark Parkinson, Health Care, Politics News

Kansas' moderate Republican insurance commissioner, Sandy Praeger, who supported setting up a state-run health care exchange, is planning not to seek ...

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Conservative Talker Fears Impact If Scott Walker Loses

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 06.04.2012 | Politics
Read More: Ohio SB 5, Video, Scott Walker Recall, John Kasich Collective Bargaining, Kathleen Sebelius, Kansas Politics, Joseph Ashby, Sam Brownback, Wisconsin Politics, Scott Walker, John Kasich, Governor Scott Walker, Mark Parkinson, Joseph Ashby Show, Voting Rights, Politics News

A conservative radio host in Kansas told listeners Monday that he fears for a more liberal Midwest if Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) loses in Tuesday...

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States Delay Insurance Exchanges, Hoping Supreme Court Strikes Down Health Care Law

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.22.2012 | Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, State Health Care Reform, US Supreme Court, Video, Jeff Colyer, Health Care Exchanges, Health Care Law, Kansas Politics, State and Local Government, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Lieutenant-Governors, National Lieutenant Governors Association, Medicaid, Mark Parkinson, Jean Sullivan, Health Care, Governor Mark Parkinson, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The nation's lieutenant governors were advised to focus on the quality of health care delivery, along with potential insurance challenge...

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Kansas Legislature Fails To Override Governor's Veto Of Abortion Restrictions

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Abortion, Kansas Abortion, Abortion Laws, Abortion Rights, Anti-Abortion, Mark Parkinson, Kansas, Politics News

TOPEKA, Kan. — Lawmakers in the Kansas House have failed to override the governor's veto of a bill regarding late-term abortions. Friday's vote...

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Over 1,000 Kansas Public Safety Jobs Saved by Recovery Act

Mike Nellis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Kansas, Mark Parkinson, Kansas Democratic Party, Recovery Act, Politics News
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Public safety programs have been hit hard both on the local and state levels because of the national recession. But, thanks to the Recovery Act, over 1,000 public safety jobs have been saved.

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New Kansas Governor Caves On Departed Sebelius' Energy Fight

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, Kathleen Sebelius, Environment, Sunflower Electric Corp., Pollution, Mark Parkinson, Green Politics, Coal, Green News

Former Kansas Governor -- and now Secretary of Health and Human Services -- Kathleen Sebelius just saw some of her legacy tossed out by her successor....

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If Sebelius Leaves, Will Someone Keep Up The Coal Fight In Kansas?

Grist | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Kansas Governor, Environment, Kathleen Sebelius, Mark Parkinson, Green Politics, Coal, New Kansas Governor, Green News

A departure by Sebelius would make her lieutenant governor, Mark Parkinson, the new guv. From his official bio, we learn that Parkinson entered Kansas...

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