Vermont Public Braces for Cuts as Congress Considers Trump’s Ask to Slash Public Media Funding Nationwide

Vermont Public braces for cuts as Congress considers Trump’s ask to slash public media funding nationwide

“It is very unclear what the world after federal funding looks like for public media,” Vermont Public CEO Vijay Singh said this week.

Pending Senate vote could eliminate federal funding for local public media

Earlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure to rescind already-approved funds for public media across the country. For the Public’s Radio & Rhode Island PBS, that would mean losing about 10% of our budget. The Senate hasn’t yet approved the rescissions package, but if they do, it would threaten our ability […] The post Pending Senate vote could eliminate federal funding for local public media appeared first on TPR: The…

Local WKAR Station May Lose Significant Funding from Federal Spending Bill - East Lansing Info

More than $1.5 million of federal funds to WKAR are at risk - about 16% of the station's budget.

Senator Maria Cantwell on Public Broadcasting - West Virginia Daily News

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WVDN) – U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, released a Snapshot Report that highlights data on public broadcasters across the United States and broadcasters’ role in responding to emergencies and public safety events. In rural areas, public broadcasters may be the sole source of information during emergencies, leaving them disproportionately impa…

State AGs, Radio Groups Battle Trump’s CPB Defunding Order

Two sizeable coalitions of state attorneys general and public radio outlets are rushing to the aid of NPR in its lawsuit against President Donald Trump to stop the defunding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting as Congress sends mixed signals over CPB's future.

23 States File Amicus Brief in Support of NPR and PBS Funding

Twenty-three state attorneys general filed a joint amicus brief Monday supporting PBS and NPR lawsuits that challenge a White House executive order cutting public broadcasting funding. The brief -- from states including Colorado, Michigan, Arizona, New York and North Carolina...