Kansas Insurance Chief At Odds With Governor Over Health Care
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger breaks with Governor Sam Brownback over state involvement in running the online health insurance marketplace or exchange. Praeger, a Republican moderate, backs a plan for Kansas to run an exchange, while Brownback delays action awaiting the presidential result.
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Fissures in Republican Party Exposed Over Health Care Debates
State capitals see GOP rifts as health care reform clashes unfold in Kansas and Mississippi. Governors clash with insurance commissioners while Tea Party influence grows, complicating exchanges and political loyalties ahead of elections. In Kansas, backlash helps Jake Brownback’s conservative surge, while Mississippi faces criticism of its insurance chief Chaney.
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Teachers' initiative yields $10,000 grant for Wellsville
Zach Pearce of East Kansas Chemical with Gary Van Horn and Brandi Miller, science teachers at Wells ville High School, accept a $10,000 Monsanto Fund grant Friday at the high school track. Superintendent Jerry Henn cites the grant as enabling an agricultural science class, with support from Farmers Grow Rural Education.
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