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All of Utah's members of Congress have voted to move forward with allowing President Donald Trump to defund public media. Back home, stations expect their local service "will have to diminish in some way.
As a legislation that would repeal previously-approved funding for NPR and PBS clears key hurdles in Congress, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has concerns on how defunding public media could affect public safety,
Congress rolled back $1.1 billion in public media funding Friday morning. KPCW and other independent public TV and radio stations will be affected.
Federal funding cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will directly impact all of Utah's public television and radio stations, including those housed at the University of Utah.
"It will test every single shred of creativity we have to continue to try to serve our mission," says one public media executive, as Congress ends federal funding for public broadcasting.
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A group of 15 fiscal conservatives in the House sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on Tuesday warning that “weakening” the cuts would “undermine both his leadership and the discipline our budget urgently demands.” Instead, the group urged the Senate to pass the rescissions package as-is.
While Romney’s personal distaste for Trump was almost certainly genuine, on most major political issues, the two men are soul mates. So today, Romney should be toasting his supposed nemesis for all but accomplishing something he (and many other Republicans) has been trying to do for decades: kill federal funding for public broadcasting.