Trio of lawmakers, including U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, seeks answers after Texas floods
Sorensen is a former TV meteorologist and has proposed several bills pushing to maintain federal support within NOAA and the National Weather Service.
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NPR news chief announces she’s leaving days after Congress kills federal funding
The veteran news leader’s announcement comes just days after the Republican-led Congress, driven largely by President Trump’s claims of liberal bias at NPR, voted to strip public broadcasting of all federal funding.
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Farmers in Illinois may lose conservation resources, allowing soil to ‘fly in the breeze’
After two years of funding cuts in Illinois, conservation advocates worry that soil health could suffer – and dust storms could become a greater risk.
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Here’s how much federal funding Illinois and Missouri public media stations will lose
Missouri and Illinois public media stations stand to lose about $20.5 million annually as the result of the federal rescission package.
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With water from out of town, the Mattoon Bagelfest is underway
Organizers for the annual festival trucked in water from outside sources as Mattoon’s water supply remains under a do not drink order due to an algal bloom.
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Congress rolls back $9 billion in public media funding and foreign aid
The House approved a Trump administration plan to rescind $9 billion in previously allocated funds, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Scott M. Bennett is honored at a dedication for the Champaign County administration’s new home in Urbana
The Scott M. Bennett Administrative Center was officially dedicated to the late senator Wednesday afternoon.
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Governor JB Pritzker pens letter urging President Trump’s education secretary to unfreeze $6.8B in grants
The letter to McMahon comes just days after 24 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration over the funding freeze in education grants for K-12 schools and adult education.
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Potential NOAA weather research cuts could have consequences
The proposed budget released earlier this month “eliminates all funding for climate, weather, and ocean laboratories and cooperative institutes.
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Senate approves cuts to NPR, PBS; Illinois public media stations brace for ‘worst-case scenario’
Public broadcasting stations in the state are bracing for big changes.
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Senate passes $9 billion in spending cuts to public broadcasting, foreign aid requested by Trump
The Senate has passed Donald Trump’s request to cancel about $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting spending, moving forward on one of the president’s top priorities despite concerns from several Republican senators.
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Illinois Head Start Association seeks to add new Trump immigration rules to its ongoing lawsuit
Federal officials have yet to issue guidance for Head Start providers on the new rules, which take effect immediately. They also skipped a 30-day review policy, the lawsuit alleges.
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Global AIDS program PEPFAR saved from congressional funding cuts
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting remains part of the package and stands to lose about $1.1 billion in funding.
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Illinois among 24 states suing Trump administration over frozen education funding
The suit, announced Monday, seeks to release state education funds that pay for after-school and summer programming at Boys & Girls Clubs, the YMCA or public schools attended by 1.4 million children and teenagers nationwide.
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Rep. LaHood supports Medicaid cuts and SNAP reductions in the GOP megabill
Many of the provisions in the new bill make the first cuts permanent. Some fiscal conservatives have said there are not enough new pro-growth provisions in the big bill to pay for the tax cuts. LaHood disagreed.
