Month: February 2025

https://www.wglt.org/2025-02-26/tariffs-fertilizer-farm-costs-potash?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-02-24/protesters-call-on-lahood-to-oppose-trump-cuts-to-healthcare-food-assistance

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/17/trump-spending-freeze-sticks-farmers-with-millions-in-bills-the-excerpt/78959016007/

https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/financial-impacts-of-federal-action-stir-anxiety-for-illinois-farmers/article_ea93061e-f0a8-11ef-aada-27267a24c413.html

https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-02-19/reece-certainty-is-in-short-supply-for-municipal-and-federal-relations

https://pantagraph.com/news/nation-world/government-politics/trump-musk-doge-nih-research/article_54ee198e-e215-56c7-a700-59616cc70ed0.html

https://grantstation.com/gs-insights/tracking-federal-actions-impacting-nonprofit-sector

https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/02/20/secretary-rollins-releases-first-tranche-funding-under-review

https://www.wglt.org/2025-02-18/trumps-freeze-farmers-federal-funds

https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2025-02-18/nih-funding-cuts-could-have-devastating-impact-on-medical-advancements-chicago-researchers-say

https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-02-17/study-mclean-county-is-among-the-most-exposed-u-s-counties-to-chinese-retaliatory-tariffs

https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/02/14/some-illinois-farmers-may-not-survive-policy-changes-dc/

According to Liz German, the Executive Director of YWCA McLean County, the following programs would be severely impacted by a loss of federal funding.  YWCA would have to either make significant changes or stop the services altogether.  Other funds are already being used to supplement federal grant funding as they are not sufficient to even […]

According to Illinois Art Station (IAS) Executive Director Hannah Johnson, approximately $10,000 (or 4%) of IAS’s annual budget is supported by Illinois Arts Council’s General Operating grant, and they are also the recipient of smaller programmatic grants throughout the year. IAS is also named in the National Endowment for the Arts grant that the Town […]

https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-02-12/trump-budget-cuts-put-isu-research-at-risk

https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/university-illinois/usaid-supported-soybean-lab-at-ui-hopes-to-convince-feds-to-continue-funding/article_2b28d5e2-e7f7-11ef-a08e-af1d986e9bbd.html

https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-02-11/nea-cuts-will-trickle-down-to-mclean-county-rural-and-underserved-communities-will-feel-it-most

https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-02-10/an-uncertain-time-for-agriculture

USDA Freezes Conservation, Other Direct Farmer Funding

https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-02-04/mayor-of-normal-says-federal-climate-in-washington-is-uncertain-and-unsettled