Why Getting Lawmakers on Record Supporting Public Media is Vital

We have a special opportunity to get lawmakers on record supporting public media, and your outreach can play a pivotal role. Recognizing the value of
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Victory: Congress Preserves Public Media Funding!

March 26, 2024 · Victory: In a very challenging fiscal environment, Congress has continued funding for every public media program in its final Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 appropriations package!
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Strengthening Public Media: Why Congress Should Match the President’s Budget Request

March 11, 2024 · The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget proposal to Congress recommends an increase in public media funding, signaling an important step toward strengthening local public
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How Vermont Public Provided Lifesaving Information Amid Historic Floods

March 7, 2024 · Downtown Montpelier on July 11. (Mike Dougherty) When historic, catastrophic flash and river flooding ravaged communities across the state, Vermonters turned to Vermont Public for
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Strengthening America’s Lifelines: The Next Generation Warning System

February 15, 2024 · In the face of natural disasters and crises, where lives can change in a matter of minutes, the quest for lifesaving information draws nearly every
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Public Media Funding Update

January 25, 2024 · As the annual appropriations process extends into 2024, Congress has set a new public media funding deadline. Congress Approved Stopgap Funding Legislation Recently, Congress approved
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How Federal Funding Cuts Would Devastate Local Public Media

November 1, 2023 · In response to the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor-HHS-Education) appropriations bill’s proposal to eliminate federal funding for the Corporation
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House Appropriations Committee Proposes Increased Public Media Funding

July 15, 2020 · This week, the House Appropriations Committee approved increased federal funding for public media as part of their fiscal year (FY) 2021 annual spending bills. House
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Helpful COVID-19 Resources From Public Media

April 24, 2020 · Lately, our daily routines look and feel very different. You may be teleworking, teaching and caring for children or other loved ones at home, an
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Coronavirus Relief Bill Provides Public Media Funding

March 27, 2020 · Today, the House of Representatives approved the third phase of the coronavirus response relief package. The bill provided $75 million for the Corporation for Public
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Public Media’s Support Letters Circulating in Congress

March 5, 2020 · In response to the Administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget proposal to eliminate federal funding for public media, tens of thousands of communications were sent
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