Federal funding cuts

Three of the four Republicans voted in favor of rescinding funding already allocated for public media organizations through the CPB and four Democrats voted against.

KAXE responds to the House vote to rescind public media funding and urges the Senate to protect trusted local news, emergency alerts and community programming in Northern Minnesota.

Plus: the Northland has nine more state champs in golf, track and field after state tournaments.

The Trump administration has requested $22 million for postsecondary Indian education programs for 2026, compared to the $196 million appropriated for those programs in 2025.

The bill is likely to change in the Senate, where clean energy advocates and industries are pressing GOP lawmakers.

In a May 23, 2025, announcement, Planned Parenthood of North Central Lakes stated that Bemidji and seven other clinics would close within a year.

As Congress weighs enacting Medicaid reforms to reduce spending, the research community has new findings looking at how the public health insurance program props up maternal care in rural communities.

The state's Office of Broadband Development reported it can no longer honor $12 million in grants promised to local governments, organizations and small businesses.

Plus: State officials say proposed cuts to the federal energy assistance program will disproportionately affect Northern Minnesotan families and ratepayers; residents of an unorganized St. Louis County township voted to incorporate as a new town; and construction on Highway 87 in Hubbard County begins May 19, 2025.

With cuts to federal and state funding expected, Beltrami County is starting its annual budget a few weeks early this year, as discussed in a May 6, 2025, work session.