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!Read More
Strengthening Public Media: Why Congress Should Match the President’s Budget RequestMarch 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 publicRead More
How Vermont Public Provided Lifesaving Information Amid Historic FloodsMarch 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 forRead More
Strengthening America’s Lifelines: The Next Generation Warning SystemFebruary 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 everyRead More
Public Media Funding UpdateJanuary 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 approvedRead More
How Federal Funding Cuts Would Devastate Local Public MediaNovember 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 CorporationRead More
House Appropriations Committee Proposes Increased Public Media FundingJuly 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. HouseRead More
Helpful COVID-19 Resources From Public MediaApril 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, anRead More
Coronavirus Relief Bill Provides Public Media FundingMarch 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 PublicRead More
Public Media’s Support Letters Circulating in CongressMarch 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 sentRead More