Tag: Federal Funding
Creative Sector Is Vital to a Thriving City, Create Birmingham’s New CEO Says
Quang Do said many arts groups are facing financial challenges. His group aims to unify the groups, tell the story of why the arts community is important for a thriving city and build up the arts workforce in the area.
JeffCo Receives ‘Clean’ Audit of Federal Funds Spending
Cal Markert applauded vigorously when auditors declared that Jefferson County will not have to deal with federal funds doled out because of the pandemic much longer.
Birmingham Officials Outline ARPA Spending
A new 23-page report details the spending of more than $141 million on nearly 200 city projects.
Federal Humanities Funding Cuts Could Threaten Projects Across Alabama
The Alabama Humanities Alliance has suspended all grantmaking and halted booking Road Scholars visits in response to DOGE-recommended cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Federal Cuts Could Hit Alabama’s Little River Canyon, Other Parks
At least 11 National Park Service employees and a lease at one visitors’ center in Alabama have been terminated by the Trump administration’s government efficiency office.
Federal Government Lease Cuts Hit 4 Offices in Birmingham, 20 Statewide
Leases for IRS, National Labor Relations Board and Mine Safety and Health Administration offices in Birmingham were canceled as part of the DOGE cuts.
Another Week, Another Joe Knight Question About Federal Dollars
Knight sought assurance Tuesday that federal funding would not get cut before moving forward with a program to synchronize traffic lights.
Why Nearly $910 Million Meant to Prevent Evictions in Gulf States Has Been Left Unspent
New data shows about $910 million meant to prevent evictions had yet to be used by the end of September in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana. Read more.
BirminghamWatch Investigates
In coming weeks, BirminghamWatch will look at a number of the programs on President Trump’s chopping block and ask, “What If.”
Stories behind the programs targeted for elimination show why they’re valued or disdained, troubled or effective, applicable or outdated, but perhaps most of all, entangled in the lives of Alabama’s people.
