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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ IdahoPTV’s Jeff Tucker Gets APTS Patrick Butler National Advocacy Award ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Five-station network’s general manager honored for efforts to build support with federal, state policymakers ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ APTS Commends Senate Committee Recommendations for Public Broadcasting Funding ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee is proposing level funding of $535M for CPB ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ George Winslow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Hniz9D744tgQtszRbdmyib-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Patrick Butler Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from APTS ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ America’s Public Television Stations also gave its 2024 Pillar of Public Service Award to Molly Phillips, former executive director and GM of Iowa PBS ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 20:24:11 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ George Winslow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/F42kwMKArhnEgDTyFhVfL7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Public TV Protects the Public ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ We could do even more, and we hope to ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2023 13:21:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Craig Fugate and Patrick Butler ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HL6diqDaz9nqkQm6jZBYi7-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ House Subcommittee Proposes Zero Funding for Public Broadcasting ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The bill reported out of the subcommittee would provide no funding for the CPB, effective in FY 2026, a cut of $535 million from the current appropriation ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2023 16:45:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Regulatory &amp; Legal]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ George Winslow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hfjucN3t3DBaYAxheqx4RS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ APTS' Butler: $1B Total in Public Funding 'A Milestone to Celebrate' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ State funding for public broadcasting reached $363 million last year, pushing total government funding past the $1B mark for the first time ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 20:03:05 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 13:00:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ George Winslow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QHBCEc7RuN6jSameaT4vLf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Broadcasters Foundation of America Adds to the Board ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Patrick Butler and Hilton Howell voted in at recent board meeting ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2021 15:06:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ TVT Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/E4W57u5AfhGspaANZ8umNP-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ House Subcommittee Proposes Boost in CPB Funding ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Increase in funding, which would be for 2022 fiscal year, would be the first in 10 years. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 14:28:07 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Michael Balderston ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hGN2nn9mAUirLh7bZ8jqoN-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ President Trump’s 2020 Budget Again Proposes Slashes to CPB ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Proposed FY 2020 budget would cut federal funding to $30 million each of the next two years. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2019 17:59:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Michael Balderston ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hGN2nn9mAUirLh7bZ8jqoN-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ House Appropriations Committee Recommends Public Broadcast Funding ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A week after the U.S. House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee made its recommendation for public broadcasting funding, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee did the same. ]]>
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