NPR, PBS and Senate
Digest more
After the Senate passed Donald Trump's federal federal funding cuts to public media, Ken Burns worries for the future of documentary filmmaking.
The legislation to claw back more than $1 billion of previously approved funding for public broadcasters was led in the Senate by Missouri Republican Eric Schmitt.
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.
4hon MSN
The federal money is appropriated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which distributes it to NPR and PBS. Roughly 70% of the money goes directly to the 330 PBS and 246 NPR stations across the country, although that’s only a shorthand way to describe its potential impact.
Trump's $9 billion rescissions package is advancing despite a trio of Republican defections. It targets foreign aid and public broadcasting funding.