But now, looming GOP-led funding cuts are concerning media allies that local public broadcasters would be forced to downsize or shutter, damaging news operations and hurting locals’ ability to get timely emergency alerts like the one issued in Alaska.

Famed documentarian Ken Burns visited Portland this week to show excerpts from the upcoming documentary series, "The American Revolution."

Both the House and Senate approved President Trump’s request to claw back $9 billion of federal funding which directly affects public broadcasting networks like NPR and PBS. NPR Media Correspondent David Folkenflik joins Ana Cabrera to explain why this is such a “huge blow.

The controversial effort to construct a new tunnel for an oil and gas pipeline under the Great Lakes requires permissions for wetland and lakebed disruption.

As it stands, Massachusetts has some of the most restrictive beach access laws among the coastal states. Residents can purchase land right down to the low-tide line, leaving many beaches, including in popular tourism destinations like Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, privately owned and off limits to the general public.

Some radio stations in the state might go under after the U.S. Senate passed a bill that cuts more than $1 billion in funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.