Noah Taborda
Noah Taborda is a Sports Broadcasting Journalism major who hopped on the short flight from Chicago to hone his trade at the University of Missouri. He hopes to cover a meaningful moment or two in his future career.
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Music is a part of many peoples' everyday lives but the benefits of listening aren't just recreational. A professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center is researching new ways to use music to ease that incessant ear-ringing, concussion symptoms and more. -
The Affordable Care Act marketplace for health insurance opened Saturday. With an enhanced tax credit set to expire at the end of the year, Kansans face dramatically increased premiums. -
A memo from President Trump earlier this year revealed plans to remove transgender service members from the military — a plan the Supreme Court has allowed to be enforced while the legal battle plays out. Thousands of transgender service members now face the possible end of their careers. -
During the pandemic, a mass exodus of employees left the medical field. Hospital leaders say they're finally starting to fill open positions with permanent workers instead of contract employees, but higher COVID cases have sent many medical workers home sick. -
Diabetic people in Kansas 3rd Congressional District are projected to have saved an average of $620 on insulin in the first year since the federal government approved a new law. -
While Planned Parenthood Great Plains is experiencing greater demand for abortions than ever before, most patients will never set foot in their new Kansas City, Kansas, clinic. Right now, they can only accommodate 10% to 15% of people requesting appointments. -
A recent survey shows donor milk was unavailable for infants with a very low birth weight at 13% of hospitals with neonatal intensive care units, despite strong supply. -
Local governments are now banned from preventing law enforcement from working with federal immigration authorities, and limited in their ability to issue municipality ID cards. But advocates warn the action will have a chilling effect on the Kansas economy and cause legal problems. -
One notable inclusion is the extension of postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to 12 months, which advocates hope will reduce pregnancy-related complications. But the budget does not include school funding, which lawmakers are still debating. -
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt pushed for a ban on so-called “sanctuary cities” in response to action by the Unified Government of Kansas City and Wyandotte County to issue municipal ID cards to undocumented residents.
