Federal fund freeze sends Colorado child care providers and advocates scrambling to prove there is no fraud

A day after the Trump administration announced an unprecedented freeze on federal funds, the shocked child care providers…
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‘No person should be hungry’: Where students can access food resources near campus amid federal funding cuts

Amid uncertainties with federal food resource funding and budget cuts, various local organizations have stepped up to meet the needs of the Columbus community.  According to Ohio State’s 2024 Student Life survey, it is estimated that 32 percent of the student population is food insecure, per prior Lantern reporting. Though not all of these students […]

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Texas colleges and universities were expecting nearly $60 million in grants for Hispanic-Serving Institutions by the end of this month until the U.S. Department of Education abruptly announced it would not distribute them.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/09/26/531983/texas-colleges-slated-to-lose-nearly-60m-in-grants-for-hispanic-serving-institutions/

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Texas colleges slated to lose nearly $60M in grants for Hispanic-Serving Institutions

According to a Texas Public Radio analysis of the grants the U.S. Department of Education said it was withholding, Hispanic-Serving Institutions in Texas received 98 grants worth a combined $57.7 million last year.

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Thirty public radio stations in Texas must figure out how to make up for the loss of at least $17.7 million in federal funding that came at the direction of the president without wearing out supporters.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/09/11/530615/this-is-going-to-be-hard-texas-public-radio-stations-fighting-to-stay-on-the-air-after-budget-cuts/

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‘This is going to be hard’: Texas public radio stations fighting to stay on the air after budget cuts

Thirty stations must figure out how to make up for the loss of at least $17.7 million in federal funding that came at the direction of the president without wearing out supporters.

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Texas’ Solar for All program, left in limbo after the Trump administration canceled federal grant funding, was intended to bring solar panels and batteries to low-income neighborhoods and create jobs by training workers to install the technology.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/09/11/530601/texas-solar-program-left-in-limbo-after-trump-administration-pulls-the-plug-on-250-million-grant/

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Texas solar program left in limbo after Trump administration pulls the plug on $250 million grant

Texas’ Solar for All program was intended to bring solar panels and batteries to low-income neighborhoods and create jobs by training workers to install the technology.

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Less than two months after losing millions of dollars in previously allocated federal funding, Houston Public Media is eliminating nine staff positions in an effort to cut costs.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2025/09/02/529910/houston-public-media-eliminates-nine-staff-positions-in-wake-of-federal-funding-cuts/

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Houston Public Media eliminates 9 staff positions after federal funding cuts

The news outlet lost $2.2 million in annual federal funding – or nearly 10% of its annual operating budget – when Congress voted in July to claw back $1.1 billion in funding over the next two years for public broadcasting.

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Senate approves cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid programs

The Senate voted to approve a $9 billion rescission package aimed at clawing back money already allocated for public radio and television.

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Mental health programs could bear the brunt of $600M federal cuts to Texas schools

Federal cuts and a lack of dedicated mental health funding from the state could erode programs to address chronic absenteeism, crises and more.

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Federal funding cuts have Texas food banks worried about hungry children

Food banks have less to give this summer since the federal government cut millions in USDA funding.

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A federal judge has sided with Harris County and other local governments from across the country to restore public health funding terminated earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/06/18/524382/judge-restores-nearly-20m-in-public-health-funds-to-harris-county/

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Federal judge restores nearly $20 million in terminated public health funds to Harris County

In March, the Trump administration clawed back more than $11 billion in public health funding that had been distributed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Harris County and other local governments from across the country subsequently sued.

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