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Senate Votes to Strip Federal Funds for Public Broadcasting
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says such cuts will help stop ‘waste, fraud and abuse’
OPB Survey: Majority of U.S. Voters Oppose Eliminating Federal Funding for Public Media
As the Senate prepares to vote on canceling $1.1 billion in funding, 53% opposed the cuts and 44% approved
Cantwell Report Highlights Role of Public Stations in Weather Emergencies
Report provides maps showing areas where public media funding cutbacks could harm emergency alert efforts during hurricanes, tornadoes and wildfires
House Committee Proposes $40 Million to Fund Public Broadcasting’s Public Safety Infrastructure
APTS applauded the move by the Appropriations Committee to keep level funding for the Next Generation Warning System for FY 2026
White House Asks Congress to Claw Back Public Media Funding
Lawmakers now have 45 days to enact a $9.4 billion rescissions package including $1.1 billion in cuts for the CPB, which funds PBS and NPR
APTS Blasts Elimination of Public Media Funding in FY 2026 Budget Proposals
“Eliminating this funding is a direct attack on the communities that depend on their local public media stations everyday for public safety, education and community connections,” the group said.
U.S. Department of Education Terminates CPB’s Ready to Learn Grant
Corporation for Public Broadcasting decried the decision that impacts PBS and 44 public media stations
Trump Orders CPB to Defund PBS, NPR
President claims evolving media landscape, ‘biased’ reporting as justification
