Kathleen Sebelius' political career has evolved significantly in the past year. She was rumored in 2008 to be a top contender for the VP spot on the Obama ticket. Now, Obama has nominated her to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
- KU Med Center honors Hemenway, Sebelius
- October 22, 2009
- Kansas University Medical Center honored two Kansas leaders at its recent annual gala celebration.
- Sebelius has minor skin cancer removed
- October 22, 2009
- The office of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says she had a slow-growing form of skin cancer removed from her forehead Tuesday.
- Another potential Democratic candidate for Kansas governor bows out
- October 16, 2009
- State Democratic Party Chairman Larry Gates is not running for Kansas governor. But the Johnson County businessman said Friday he was still confident the party could field a quality candidate to face Republican U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback next year.
- Sebelius takes to air waves to encourage Americans to get H1N1 vaccine
- October 7, 2009
- Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appealed anew Wednesday for widespread inoculation against a surging swine flu threat, calling the vaccine “safe and secure.”
- Government teams up with Kansas City electronic medical records firm to track swine flu
- 10:25 a.m., October 6, 2009 Updated 05:03 p.m.
- U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says her agency is teaming up with Cerner Corp. to use computerized medical records to get better data on the spread of swine flu.
- Sebelius to speak at Kansas City electronic health records conference
- October 5, 2009
- U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is coming to Kansas City to speak at a conference dedicated to moving patient records from paper to computers.
- Kansans face increasing rhetoric over health insurance reform
- August 4, 2009
- As the debate over health reform reaches coffee shops and town hall meetings across the country, Kansans will face an onslaught of rhetoric.
- EPA: State must conduct review, hold hearings on latest coal-plant proposal
- 04:40 p.m., July 1, 2009 Updated 03:40 p.m.
- The EPA has told state officials to conduct a comprehensive review of the new proposal to build a coal-burning power plant in southwest Kansas, and allow public input on the project.
- Kansas secretary of aging resigning to work for Sebelius in Washington
- June 26, 2009
- Kansas Secretary of Aging Kathy Greenlee, of Lawrence, will be following her old boss, former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, to Washington D.C.
- Snyder tells crowd of K-State’s boosters he was Sebelius’ first choice to be her Lt. Gov.
- 01:56 p.m., June 12, 2009 Updated 03:30 a.m.
- Kansas State coach Bill Snyder prefers football to politics. Snyder told a crowd of football boosters in Winfield, Kan., this week that he was asked to be former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ running mate in 2006. He said he seriously considered the job but eventually decided not to delve into politics.
- Social Security, Medicare rapidly being depleted
- May 13, 2009
- Social Security and Medicare are fading even faster under the weight of the recession, heading for insolvency years sooner than previously expected, the government warned Tuesday. Medicare already is paying out more money than it receives, something that happened for the first time last year. And Social Security will be by 2016, a year sooner than had been projected, the trustees’ annual report said.
- Sebelius rejects government takeover of health care system
- May 7, 2009
- The Obama administration’s senior health care official on Wednesday flatly rejected the idea of the government taking over the nation’s medical insurance system, saying the Obama administration does not want to assume management of health care coverage.
- Sebelius announces schools can reopen despite swine flu
- Texas teacher first confirmed death of U.S. resident
- May 6, 2009
- Joan Tishkevich’s joy was unequivocal. “YES!” the mother of two shouted into the phone Tuesday after hearing that federal health officials were no longer advising schools to close for swine flu. It meant her 8-year-old son, Jack, would soon go back to his second-grade classroom. It meant he could return to his beloved Little League.
- Parkinson not so sure KTEC should be abolished
- May 4, 2009
- Gov. Mark Parkinson’s view of what should happen to a state economic development agency is different than that of his predecessor, Kathleen Sebelius. Parkinson said he is willing to allow a less-funded Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp. to exist for now, while Sebelius wanted to eliminate the agency entirely.
- Sebelius takes office amid flu outbreak
- April 29, 2009
- Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius won Senate confirmation Tuesday as the nation’s health and human services secretary, thrusting her into the middle of a public health emergency with the swine flu sickening dozens of Americans.
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- Tarik Black strong, physical May 22, 2013
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- City accepts recreation center bids, but won' t proceed with building until Fritzel provides infrastructure costs May 21, 2013
- LHS student earns perfect ACT score May 21, 2013
- Editorial: Judicial joust May 22, 2013
- Budget cuts force Head Start to close Edgewood Homes facility May 21, 2013
- KU baseball gets involved in Moore, Okla., relief effort May 21, 2013
- KU makes sudden change in Statehouse presence May 20, 2013
- House Republican leaders propose 1.5 percent cut to higher education for each of next two fiscal years May 21, 2013
