Trump bill could cut $4.5 million from Colorado public media

Neronha backs lawsuit to stop federal defunding of PBS, NPR

Attorney General Peter Neronha — one of four co-leaders in a coalition of 21 state attorneys general backing lawsuits to block federal defunding of public broadcasters — is seen here at an unrelated May, 28, 2025 press conference. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha is co-leading a coalition of 21 attorneys general in support of two lawsuits filed in May by National Public Radio (NPR) and t…

Trump bill could cut $4.5 million from Colorado public media

Colorado Public Radio and Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Service are Colorado’s largest nonprofit, public broadcasting services. CPR averages an approximate 1.9 million monthly listeners, and Rocky Mountain PBS averages 3 million monthly viewers, according to the organization's presidents. If President Donald Trump’s NPR and PBS Act passes, CPR and Rocky Mountain PBS could lose 10% of their annual budgets, with CPR losing $1.5 million, and …

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The Trump administration has proposed eliminating all federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), aiming to cut $1.1 billion from various programs. As NYT reports, if Congress agrees, that will amount to about two years of the organization’s funding, nearly all of which goes to public broadcasters including NPR, PBS and their local member stations. Pu

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