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New England public broadcasters face potential layoffs and programming cuts as they brace for loss of federal funds
About 1,500 public broadcasters nationwide face severe budget cuts after the Senate voted Thursday to claw back $1.1 billion ...
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$1.1B in public broadcasting funding could be cut. How Louisiana stations are responding.
"Like the people who turned Louisiana from a mosquito-ridden wilderness into a hospitable haven, we'll adapt and make the ...
Illinois public media stations brace for ‘worst-case scenario’ after Senate approves cuts to NPR, PBS
Public broadcasting stations in the state are bracing for big changes. In Moline, WQPT’s general manager Dawn Schmitt said ...
NPR CEO warns public broadcasting cuts could be "a real risk to the public safety of the country"
The rescissions revised package passed by a vote of 51-48, with Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski joining ...
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How bipartisan support for public media unraveled in the Trump era
"It will test every single shred of creativity we have to continue to try to serve our mission," says one public media ...
Searching for pennies: With the cut in federal funding public broadcasters are looking to cope
The federal money is appropriated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which distributes it to NPR and PBS. Roughly 70 ...
Why NC public broadcast stations are at risk as Congress prepares for final vote
North Carolina’s public broadcasters face federal funding cuts as House lawmakers prepare for final vote. Learn how it could ...
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Congress signs off on Trump’s request to rescind $1 billion in funding for public broadcasting
In 2018, during his first term, Trump sent a $15.3 billion rescission package to Congress that passed the House but failed in the Senate. This time, however, the Senate agreed to Trump’s cuts 51-48, ...