Arts organizations, while fearful of the
impact of federal budget cuts at the National Endowment for the Arts, are feeling a resurgence of support from the philanthropic community.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed an $ 84.86 billion executive budget that includes funding for the beginnings of a pre-K expansion, legal services for undocumented immigrants and more even as the city grapples with the
potential of federal budget cuts from Trump.
De Blasio said the city could theoretically dip into its roughly $ 5 billion worth of reserves, which is a record high amount, in the
event of federal budget cuts, but City Council fInance chair Julissa Ferreras - Copeland expressed concern that the city's savings would not be enough.
LA Unified Superintendent John Deasy and two board members spent a few days in Washington, where they met with officials and lawmakers about the impact
of federal budget cuts on the district.
The muzzling trend would be worrisome enough on its own, but it has been accompanied in recent months by a furious
round of federal budget cuts to basic research — particularly in the field of environmental science — and increasingly ferocious rhetorical attacks on environmental groups.
The National Tertiary Education Union has argued that the
impact of the federal budget cuts would leave Western Australia's universities almost $ 500 million worse off.
Superintendent John Deasy and School Board members Steve Zimmer and Monica Ratliff flew to Washington D.C. last week, not for a relaxing getaway but to meet with lawmakers to discuss the impact
of federal budget cuts is having on the district.