#federal-funding

#federal-funding

SCORE, a nonprofit that has supported small businesses for over six decades, faces a significant setback from a recent tax and spending bill that eliminated about 60% of its federal funding.

Senator Scott Wiener testified that when initially introducing legislation SB 445, he did not anticipate the focus on high-speed rail, which ended up dominating discussions at committee hearings.

A provision within President Donald Trump's so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" will allocate an extra $300 million for protecting Mar-a-Lago and other properties owned by Trump - money that Trump could partially profit from, if history is any indicator.

The decision to withhold $6.8 billion for a review of consistency with presidential priorities "is contrary to law, arbitrary and capricious, and unconstitutional," according to the July 14 lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island.

Democratic members of the Florida congressional delegation seek to halt federal funding to an immigration detention center in the Everglades, labeling it as lawless and inhumane.

Over $6.2 million in federal grant funding has been returned to nine organisations that support LGBTQ+ people and those living with HIV after they won a case challenging an executive order issued by US president Donald Trump.

The safety and lives of millions of Americans as well as the economic success of California depend on weather forecasts from the state's NWS offices.

In the past decade, as extreme weather killed nearly 700 people in Texas, the state relinquished $225 million in federal grant money that it was supposed to spend on protecting residents from disasters.

Attorney General Letitia James stated, "This administration's illegal attempt to play politics with its funds will put the most vulnerable members of our communities in danger."

Scientists fear that the restrictions on Covid mRNA vaccines may impede progress in mRNA cancer research, potentially stalling advancements in treating aggressive cancers such as pancreatic cancer.

The Education Department stated that federal money should not fund dual enrollment, adult education, and certain career and technical education for illegal alien students, as part of a new directive.

California has been awarded $81.3 million to enhance airport infrastructure, with nearly $23 million designated for noise mitigation measures at Los Angeles International Airport.

The Broad Institute—a biomedical research center affiliated with MIT and Harvard—is laying off 75 employees and tightening its budget, facing expected cuts to federal medical research funding.

The IAIA currently enrolls around 850 students from 92 federally recognised tribes, most of whom come from rural reservations. Founded in 1962, IAIA is considered the "birthplace of contemporary Indigenous art".

The Education Department paused $175 million in funding to the University of Pennsylvania for allowing a male to compete on its women's swimming team, with a resolution requiring Penn to return swimming awards that were exaggeratedly attributed to trans women athletes.

The freeze in new Section 8 rent vouchers in Miami-Dade, caused by a $77 million federal funding shortfall, affects nearly 5,000 residents on the waitlist.

If [Mamdani] does get in, I'm gonna be president, then he's going to have to do the right thing, but they're not getting any money.

DOGE has led to poor services, a brain drain on our federal government, and it's going to cost taxpayers money long term, Rep. Suhas Subramanyam.

Santa Clara County supervisors have embarked on adopting a $14 billion budget that faces federal funding losses and costly impacts of national immigration policies.