Are Public Broadcasters About To Lose Their Subsidies?
Will the federal government cut off its subsidies to public broadcasters this year? The New York Post reports that the White House’s “rescissions” plan will include a request that Congress withdraw $1.1 billion already appropriated for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). That wouldn’t be absolutely everything Washington spends on public media—The New York Times notes that the administration doesn’t plan to claw back some money being spent on emergency communications—but it’s close. If you’ve been following the […]