US EditionFederal Cuts Threaten 'News Deserts' in Rural Minnesota Stations
ALASKA, JUL 17 – The Senate rescinded nearly $30 million in funding for Alaska's public radio, which supports emergency alerts and local news, amid a Trump-led effort targeting public media.
- Early Thursday morning in the Capitol, the U.S. Senate approved rescinding billions of dollars in federal funding, including tens of millions meant for Alaska’s 27 public radio stations.
- Ahead of the vote, President Donald Trump threatened to 'withhold endorsements' from GOP senators, and Trump said public media’s news programming was biased against him and fellow Republicans.
- Only hours earlier, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said, `'it was local public media that helped relay a tsunami alert,'` after a warning transmitted by Kodiak, Unalaska, and Sand Point stations.
- Alaska Public Media warned that Alaska stations would lose more than $20 million a year under the plan, and station managers cautioned that cuts could force significant reductions in operations including emergency broadcasts.
- Looking ahead, as many as 80 NPR stations may face closure in the next year, and advocates say the outcome is not yet certain with the House still to vote on the Senate’s package.
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