March 27, 2018 · President Signed Bill That Fully Funds Public Media President Trump signed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 omnibus appropriations bill into law, which provides full funding

March 6, 2018 · In reaction to the President’s budget proposal to cut public media funding, hundreds of thousands of communications were sent to Congress and the Administration in

March 5, 2018 · In 2012, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber signed a law setting a goal for the state to reach a 100 percent high school graduation rate by

February 23, 2018 · President Donald Trump’s annual budget proposal eliminates public media funding. In an opinion column in Smoky Mountain News, Peter Nieckarz, an Associate Professor of Sociology

February 12, 2018 · President Donald Trump’s annual budget proposal eliminates public media funding. Specifically, the budget eliminates funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which distributes critical

January 8, 2018 · In 2017, we worked tirelessly – 436,000 messages were sent to Congress – and saved public media funding. This year, we must recommit to preserving

September 4, 2017 · Congress is back, and both chambers will be debating federal funding for public media again. This week or next, the House of Representatives is expected

May 24, 2017 · The Threat: On May 23, 2017, the President sent his full Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget to Congress. Like the “skinny budget” issued in mid-March,

August 3, 2016 · Earlier this month, Senators and Representatives packed up their bags and returned home for August recess, but, before they left, they made critical decisions about

June 25, 2015 · The Appropriations Committees in the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, which decide how much money federal programs receive each year, just passed their