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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A new study from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy and the Episcopal Health Foundation finds the cost of health insurance on the new...
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Because of a 2008 law, thousands of children crossing into Texas illegally are not turned back right away. That’s because they must get an immigration...
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Update: KUT's Veronica Zaragovia's story on Latinos at SXSW Interactive aired on WBUR's Here and Now today. Listen to the conversation here. Original...
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Some of the poorest seniors in Texas live in Hidalgo County in the Rio Grande Valley. Many only speak Spanish and don’t have access to the basics, like...
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President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address tonight. He’s expected to make a big deal about economic mobility and reducing income...
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Vice President Joe Biden visited Austin today to announce that the underfunded 24-hour National Domestic Violence Hotline will be getting more dollars. He
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Update: With a federal judge blocking enforcement of a key restriction on abortion in Texas, here’s reaction from Gov. Rick Perry: “Today’s decision will
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AUSTIN -- Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has promised to review the performance of contractors who helped build a foundering…
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A lawsuit attempting to block parts of a new restrictive abortion law is expected to wrap up today. Plaintiffs hope the judge will find certain provisions
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is handling an increased demand for hunter education from Latinos. In recent years, the department has begun