budget cuts

Aug 28, 2026
States bet big on rural health startups, with a Silicon Valley twist
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States are spending rural health dollars on tech startups, betting that untested companies will succeed where doctors have vanished and hospitals have collapsed.
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Jul 21, 2025
For this puppeteer, uncertainty is high but "the money's going to come from somewhere"
Courtesy Michael Kreiser
Monica Leo, managing director and lead puppeteer at the Eulenspiegel Puppet Theater Company in West Liberty, Iowa, talks about her craft and how she’s navigating a cloudy economy for the arts.
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Jul 6, 2022
When governments fail to address community issues, who steps in?
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In an excerpt from “The Fight to Save the Town,” the author describes how residents get by in an Oregon county with a declining government.
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Jan 5, 2021
Budget shortfalls mean rethinking mass transit funding and strategies
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One way to keep money and transit service moving is to rely more on local taxes and tolls and less on fares.
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Oct 26, 2020
Parks departments face cuts, even as people have headed outdoors during COVID-19
Leila Goldstein
Intensive use can take a toll on green spaces, and parks need to be maintained to keep from deteriorating.
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Sep 25, 2017
Latest GOP health care proposal would cut funds to some states, boost funds for others
The Graham-Cassidy bill, the latest attempt by Senate Republicans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, would cause some states to win money and others to lose funds. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, by 2026, the effect of the bill’s repeal of ACA Medicare expansion and insurance subsidies in the individual marketplace would result […]
Aug 24, 2017
Black college leaders say Trump administration hasn’t made good on its promises to HBCUs
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The White House has yet to name a director or board of advisers to oversee its initiative.
Jul 25, 2017
A scientist worries about a climate "hostile to science and the truth"
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Government funding has been pretty reliable — up until now, the Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher says.
Jun 7, 2017
A record number of people want to leave Earth
Vice President Mike Pence will be at the Johnson Space Center in Houston today to inaugurate the newest class of NASA astronauts. There was a record number of applicants this time around — more than 18,000 people applied to the space program. That’s triple the number of the last class in 2012. But the heightened […]
May 24, 2017
DeVos faced tough questions about education budget on the Hill
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was on the Hill today defending the president’s 2018 budget request before a House appropriations subcommittee. The White House has proposed cutting or shrinking more than 30 federal education programs, shaving more than 13 percent off the overall budget. That’s the biggest proposed cut to the department’s discretionary funding since the […]