budget cuts

Federal funding cuts have impacted the healthcare sector, leaving some caregivers feeling anxious about whether their work will be affected next. WEMU’s Ana Longoria has more.

Advocates in Michigan are pushing back against a congressional Republican budget proposal released Monday that includes big cuts to Medicaid. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Due to federal cuts, Washtenaw County's Food Gatherers has an urgent need for funding and is asking for help from the City of Ann Arbor. WEMU's Kevin Meerschaert reports.

During the Biden administration, local food distributors were encouraged to apply for grants funding to help build infrastructure for local farms and food. Now, the USDA is making cuts that could undermine the local food system and its suppliers...like Argus Farm Stop in Ann Arbor. WEMU's David Fair talked with co-owner Bill Brinkerhoff about immediate and longer-term impacts.

Big federal spending reductions could imperil Medicaid health benefits for 700,000 Michiganders. That’s according to a report being released Wednesday by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. We have more from Rick Pluta.

With all of the changes in federal policy and spending priorities, we are contending with a lot of uncertainty. That is certainly true among nonprofits and service agencies in our community. Still, there are concerted efforts underway to ensure that the most marginalized and underserved will have access to the support they need. WEMU's David Fair talked with Alex Gossage, the executive director of Disability Network Washtenaw Monroe Livingston, about how these events are playing out in his organization.

Scientists, almost unanimously, cite climate change as an existential threat. There are differing opinions as to when we will reach a tipping point of no return. With the new federal administration attempting to roll back climate policies and funding for programs and research, what will happen next? WEMU's David Fair and Michigan Conservation Voters executive director, Lisa Wozniak find out in their conversation with Julia Cole, Chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences in the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.

A town hall meeting was held Wednesday night to discuss threats to local education due to federal funding cuts. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has the story.

Ann Arbor’s youth and low-income family non-profit Community Action Network has been forced to downsize its operations due to federal budget cuts. WEMU’s Ana Longoria has the details.

The Ann Arbor School Board met for a retreat on Sunday to talk about how to better communicate and the various issues facing the district. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.