In Kansas News
For nearly 25 years, doctors have told pregnant women to avoid eating too much seafood because it can contain mercury and other toxins. But scholars like John Colombo, the director of the University of Kansas Life Span Institute, want doctors to stop that.
Colombo says when doctors tell pregnant women to avoid eating too much seafood, they typically avoid it altogether. But he says the benefits of eating fish are greater than the potential harm of toxins.
“You know, it’s the rebalancing of risk against the potential for depriving fetuses and children of these other nutrients.”
Colombo and other researchers are calling for changes to federal seafood advisories.He says seafood contains fatty acids, like omega-3s, which are vital for brain and eye development.
Kansans with developmental disabilities could have a harder time finding and keeping a job under President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget. Noah Taborda reports.
"The president’s proposed budget would end funding for a nationwide network of universities that help people with developmental disabilities find housing, employment and health care.
One center at the University of Kansas works to find jobs and build careers for people with developmental disabilities. But Director Karrie Shogren told KCUR’s Up to Date they can’t do that work without this funding
“We consistently hear stories from the work we’re doing all across Kansas of how meaningful it is to have us come in and set up planning teams to increase employment rates.”
Shogren says pulling funding will also impact state developmental disability councils, which advocate for disability policies and programs. Im Noah Taborda."
And in Missouri News
Many old buildings in the Joplin area have benefited from the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program.
The nearly-50-year-old program, administered by the National Park Service, provides a 20% federal tax credit to property owners who undertake a substantial rehabilitation of a historic building. The project must be for commercial or income-producing use and must maintain a building’s historic character.Carol Quillen is president and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
“It’s such an important tool that serves every community, in every state, in every county in this country.”
Anyone interested in using the Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit, should reach out to their state’s Historic Preservation Office.