President Donald Trump signed the Rescissions Act of 2025 into law in July. It cut funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Funding from the CPB made up about 8 percent, or about $225,000, of KMUW's annual budget. KMUW's Jonathan Huber recently spoke with NPR's Michel Martin about the importance of public media in communities. Before getting into that, though, they talked a little nuts and bolts about Morning Edition, the program they both host.
Plus more on these stories:
- Three new art installations will join the Keeper of the Plains as landmarks on the Arkansas River.
- A Kansas lawmaker is pitching an idea that he says could eliminate state property and income taxes over time without cutting services.
- Sedgwick County will hold a remote Household Hazardous Waste Collection event on Saturday.
- Kansas officials say rattlesnakes and other venomous snakes could be more visible at areas like lakes and state parks due to heavy rains and flooding this year.
- Four Wichita properties will be highlighted during a Historic Midtown Walking Tour in October.
- Kansas farmers are hurting after China’s retaliatory tariffs against the United States closed the biggest market for the state’s biggest crop.
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