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Protestors hold signs supporting funding for NPR
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Senators question Trump plan to kill federal funds for PBS, NPR and some foreign aid

NPR June 26, 2025

Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee pushed back against the Trump administration's bid to kill $9 billion in federal...

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The Metro: An update on proposed federal funding cuts to NPR, PBS

Robyn Vincent, Nadia Ziyad, The Metro June 25, 2025

Federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is the focus of a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Wednesday. ...

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FILE - A woman browses produce for sale at a grocery store, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, in New York.
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The Metro: Some metro Detroit families balance on the edge as SNAP faces deep cuts

Robyn Vincent, The Metro June 23, 2025

In a nation where supermarkets are filled from floor to ceiling, a single missed phone call can empty a family's...

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Trump asks Congress to wipe out funding for public broadcasting

NPR June 4, 2025

President Trump took yet another step Tuesday to place NPR and PBS at the center of his broader clash with...

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Originally incorporated as The Arts League of Michigan, Inc., The Carr Center has become one of the leading Black arts organizations in the country.
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The Metro: Detroit’s Carr Center remains focused on uplifting Black artists despite NEA cuts

Tia Graham, Sam Corey, Lauren Myers, The Metro May 22, 2025

Many arts organizations are in a vulnerable position right now. That’s in part because the Trump administration has started canceling...

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U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, right, tours the Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering at Michigan State University in East Lansing, May 16, 2025.
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Sen. Peters highlights MSU research that could face federal funding cuts

Andrew Roth May 19, 2025

U.S. Sen. Gary Peters is warning the United States could lose a competitive advantage to other nations if federal funding...

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