federal funding

July 2, 2025 | 12:13 PM

The Trump admin is withholding over $6 billion in education grants for schools

By Sequoia Carrillo/NPR

March 24, 2025 | 9:15 AM

End of federal relief money will push some Pa. municipalities off a financial cliff, Shapiro admin fears

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal includes $10 million for a Pennsylvania fund that assists financially distressed local governments.

By Min Xian of Spotlight PA State College

December 17, 2022 | 8:43 AM

Is Legislation to Safeguard Americans Against Superbugs a Boondoggle or Breakthrough?

The PASTEUR Act, as amended, would provide $6 billion in federal funding over several years to give drugmakers incentive to develop and manufacture lifesaving medications

By Liz Szabo and Arthur Allen/Kaiser Health News

October 3, 2021 | 11:29 AM

States and cities slow to spend federal pandemic money

Many states and cities across the U.S. are getting off to a slow start in spending money

By David Lieb/The Associated Press

June 9, 2020 | 6:56 AM

Feds spend billions on COVID-19 contracts, often without fully competitive bidding

By Cheryl W. Thompson, Joel Rose, Robert Benincasa/NPR

December 10, 2019 | 6:25 PM

Pennsylvania needs to accept federal money for behavioral health clinics, organizations say

Behavioral health organizations from around the state are imploring Pennsylvania to change course, and allow them to access federal funding before it’s too late.

By Sarah Boden/WESA

September 4, 2019 | 6:52 PM

$3.6B in military base cuts will affect schools, target ranges, more

The Pentagon is diverting funds from military projects to pay for the construction of 175 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border

By The Associated Press and Staff

August 30, 2019 | 3:03 PM

Smart Talk: The 2020 Census preparations are underway

The U.S. Census has been called one of the most logistically complex operations ever conducted by the federal government.

By Merideth Bucher/WITF and Smart Talk

October 20, 2018 | 10:51 AM

This federal program helped pay for a park near you. Now its future is in limbo

By Amy Sisk

January 28, 2017 | 8:37 AM

Permanent abortion funding ban has state providers concerned

By Radio Pennsylvania

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