Topeka Capital-Journal: Outgoing Gov. Mark Parkinson worked to dispel Monday what he viewed as public misconception about the state’s pending decision on a permit for construction of a coal-fired power plant and unusual timing of the ouster of the state’s top environmental regulator. Parkinson issued a two-page statement about the controversy debunking a claim that he put heat on the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to approve the air permit sought by Sunflower Electric Power Corp., of Hays. The cooperative…