Grants to boost local emergency alert systems in question as public media agency closes

Fiscal cliff looms as public media braces for Trump cuts

Supporters of public media on Capitol Hill and beyond are scrambling to find solutions to address a fiscal cliff that public media is staring down this fall following cuts directed by President Trump and executed by his allies in Congress. Senators on both sides of the aisle say they were working to protect local stations after Congress cut funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the government-funded body that said it will sh…

Trump-voting states lose grants for emergency alerts after GOP pulls funding

Right-wing commentators have been applauding GOP lawmakers' defunding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), accusing National Public Radio (NPR) and PBS of having a liberal bias. But Democrats are countering that gutting the CPB will hurt rural areas because of the work that NPR stations do locally.Now, according to the Iowa Capital Dispatch, grants for emergency alerts are a casualty of the CPB cuts.Dispatch reporter Jennifer Shutt,…

Grants to boost local emergency alert systems in question as public media agency closes

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will no longer administer a grant program that provided millions of dollars to local television and radio stations to upgrade the equipment they use to send out emergency alerts to warn of impending natural disasters and more. In this photo, flood waters left debris including vehicles and equipment scattered in Louise Hays Park on July 5, 2025 in Kerrville, Texas. (Photo by Eric Vryn/Getty Images) WASHINGT…

Grants to boost local emergency alert systems in question as public m...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will no longer administer a grant program that provided millions of dollars to local television and radio stations to upgrade the equipment they use to send out emergency alerts to warn of impending natural disasters and more. In this photo, flood waters left debris including vehicles and equipment scattered in [...] The post Grants to boost local emergency alert systems in question as public m… appeared f…