Video archive
This page is an archive of videos related to KHI News Service stories and other KHI research and policy products.
Gov. Mark Parkinson, a Democrat, said there are now enough votes in the Republican-dominated Legislature to enact $300 million to $400 million in tax increases.
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Votes there for tax increase
March 16, 2010
Gov. Mark Parkinson, a Democrat, said there are now enough votes in the Republican-dominated Legislature to enact $300 million to $400 million in tax increases.
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Adequate Yearly Funding rally
March 16, 2010
About 1,000 people from across the state gathered Tuesday on the east side of the Kansas Statehouse to urge lawmakers to approve tax increases to assure adequate funding for public schools. Gov. Mark Parkinson and other Democratic leaders spoke. Inside the Statehouse, Kansas House members voted to postpone debate on the session's first major tax proposal.
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Tom Bell Interview
February 3, 2010
Tom Bell, president of the Kansas Hospital Association, told Jim McLean of KHI New Service in this State of the State Kansas video that his group is backing an increase in tobacco taxes with hopes the money raised will be used to restore recent cuts ordered in the rates paid to hospitals, doctors and other Medicaid providers.
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Gov. Mark Parkinson's 2009 interview with KHI News Service
January 12, 2010
Gov. Mark Parkinson's 2009 interview with KHI News Service
In this video, Gov. Mark Parkinson discusses tax increases to help shore up state budgets, including taxes on nursing home beds, cigarettes and tobacco products. He also discusses the political makeup of the Kansas Legislature and its impact on upcoming sessions.
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Underinsurance in Kansas
December 17, 2009
KHI video report on underinsurance – the extent to which Kansans with health insurance have adequate coverage.
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Time to raise the tobacco tax
December 17, 2009
Gov. Mark Parkinson said he will push for an increase in the state's tobacco tax. Currently the tax is 79 cents per pack, which is below the national average of $1.37 per pack. A tax increase would raise about $50 million to help deal with the state's budget crisis and also would help curb teen smoking, the governor said in this interview with KHI News Service.
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Looking at revenues
December 17, 2009
Gov. Mark Parkinson said the state has cut its budgets enough and now it is time to consider raising taxes.
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Parkinson talks politics
December 17, 2009
Gov. Mark Parkinson said he thinks the Legislature is more conservative than the average Kansan and that most people in the state understand it is time to start rebuilding program that have been cut the past two years.
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Kansas Governor Parkinson with Sid: Why get the Flu Vaccine?
December 14, 2009
Kansas Governor Parkinson with Sid: Why get the Flu Vaccine?
This public service announcement with Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson and PBS' Sid the Science Kid explains the importance of children being vaccinated against the H1N1 influenza virus.
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Built environment experiment in Stockholm subway
October 15, 2009
Built environment experiment in Stockholm subway
Turning a staircase into a virtual piano increased the use of the stairs by 66 percent in this Swedish subway station - an example of altering the built environment to change people's behaviors.
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President's Health Summit
February 25, 2009
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger discusses concerns with the president's call for a federal panel that would review proposed increases in health insurance premiums. (QuickTime file)
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Sebelius interview
January 1, 2009
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius talked about the failure of health reform and other topics in a wide ranging interview with KHI News Service reporter Dave Ranney. The interview took place in her office on Dec. 29, 2008.