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Federal funding cuts, state budget woes have Chicago recovery services scrambling to survive
A Humboldt Park home run by Chicago-based Gateway Foundation is caught between President Donald Trump’s federal funding cuts ...
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Northwestern braces for massive cuts that could nearly wipe out all its federal research funding
The Trump administration announced it would pause $790 million for the Evanston school amid civil rights investigations.
Trump Is Threatening School Funding. Here’s What Families Should Know.
The impact of the upheaval could vary greatly across the country. New York, for example, is not feeling significant effects ...
Shutdown of regional Head Start offices creates confusion, but feds say funding will continue
The Trump administration’s to close regional Head Start offices led to confusion for many program administrators in Illinois.
Illinois politicians, advocacy groups fight back as Trump cuts funding for libraries and museums
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and 20 attorneys general have sued to challenge Trump’s dismantling of the Institute of ...
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What Illinois Parents Should Know About Administration’s Changes to the Department of Education
Here's what Illinois parents should know following President Trump's executive order calling for the Department of Education ...
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Illinois, Cook County Public Health Leaders Say Federal Funding Cuts Came With Little Notice
State officials say the Trump administration is pulling back $477 million aimed at preventing infectious disease and treating mental health and substance abuse issues.
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Department of Defense issues over 100 stop-work orders to Northwestern researchers
The university has pledged to provide funding for the graduate researchers who lost $45,000 in annual wages from federal grants, according to an email sent to graduate students in the engineering ...
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It’s not just Chicago; Downstate public transit agencies face funding challenges
State lawmakers are spending this spring’s legislative session debating how to solve a $771 million funding gap the Chicago ...
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Trump officials freeze $790 million in federal funding for Northwestern, according to report
EVANSTON, Ill. (WLS) -- Northwestern University is acknowledging that a significant portion of its federal funding is in danger on Tuesday. For Northwestern, $790 million could be at stake.
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Trump administration issues demands on Harvard to save its $9B in federal funding
The Trump administration has issued a list of demands Harvard University must meet as a condition for receiving almost $9 billion in grants and contracts, federal ... to keep its funding, the ...