Trump’s Latest Funding Freeze Impacts Local K-12 Schools
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The latest move targets more than $30 billion in spending at EPA, the National Science Foundation and other agencies.
Funding for migrant education, English-learner services, professional development, and after-school programming is at risk.
PARK CITY, Utah — Park City School District officials say their after-school and summer programs will continue to operate despite a nationwide freeze on
January: Blanket Federal Funding Freeze January 20: President Trump laid the groundwork for his administration’s reduction of federal funding commitments through his 26 Day One executive orders. In one order, he established DOGE “to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity”; DOGE would later oversee cuts to federal spending and facilitate layoffs and dismantling of projects.
Leasing activity fell by 45% during the second quarter, according to Avison Young, a period that kicked off with President Donald Trump's April 2 “Liberation Day” tariff announcement that sent markets crashing. But while the S&P 500 has rebounded and then some, Atlanta's office market hasn't recovered.
Planned Parenthood organizations filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's attempt to cut Medicaid payments to their health centers that provide abortion services.