Veronica Zaragovia
Veronica Zaragovia reports on state government for KUT. She's reported as a legislative relief news person with the Associated Press in South Dakota and has contributed reporting to NPR, PRI's The World, Here & Now and Latino USA, the Agence France Presse, TIME in Hong Kong and PBS NewsHour, among others. She has two degrees from Columbia University, and has dedicated much of her adult life to traveling, learning languages and drinking iced coffee.
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About 1 million people have lost Medicaid coverage nationwide since April. Of that, about a quarter of them live in Florida.
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Miami's Argentinian community is one of the largest in the U.S. — and they're celebrating this week because soccer superstar Lionel Messi is moving to their city to play for MLS club Inter Miami.
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One year after the deadly collapse of a condominium tower in Surfside, Fla., many first responders are still haunted by the experience of digging through the rubble to find survivors.
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After the nearly $1 billion settlement for the Surfside, Fla., condo collapse comes the task of divvying it up. Families have to file claims to put a dollar value on their lost loved ones' lives.
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It's been almost a year since a condominium building collapsed in Surfside, Fla., killing 98 people. Legal wrangling continues about how to pay the victims and honor those who died in the accident.
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Rescue teams are searching for survivors after a 12-story residential building partially collapsed overnight in Surfside, north of Miami Beach, Florida.
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Miami Beach has declared a state of emergency and imposed an 8 p.m. curfew. The moves came after crowds of people without masks gathered to party and confrontations broke out with police.
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The FDA says tacos, tamales and other foods made with corn masa flour can now be fortified with folic acid. The move is aimed at reducing severe brain defects in babies born to Hispanic women. -
In the U.S., pastas and breads come with a dose of folic acid, a B vitamin that prevents severe neural tube birth defects. But it's not allowed in corn masa, a staple for many Hispanic women. -
The music industry generates $1.6 billion a year for Austin, Texas. But many musicians can't afford the basics, including health insurance. The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians steps in to help.
