Government Funding
Corporation for Public Broadcasting votes to dissolve after Congress rescinds federal funding
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has voted to dissolve after Congress approved a rescissions law eliminating about $1.1 billion in CPB funding for future fiscal years, a move that accelerates a wind-down already underway as public media groups face renewed political pressure from President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans.
Japan's education ministry has certified the Institute of Science Tokyo as the second university eligible for aid from a ¥10 trillion government fund. Formed in 2024 by merging the Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tokyo Medical and Dental University, it expects over ¥10 billion in subsidies in its first year. The certification supports a plan to enhance cooperation between medical and engineering researchers.
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A Republican-controlled Michigan House budget committee used a rarely invoked provision of state law last week to cancel nearly $645 million in previously approved but unspent state project funding, sending much of the money back to the general fund. The move, which affected programs backed by Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer, has drawn sharp criticism from Democrats, who called the cuts cruel, while Republicans defended them as necessary oversight and fiscal restraint.