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OMB directs cuts to blue state health and EV funds |
The Trump administration is rescinding a total of $1.5 billion in health and transportation funds from multiple blue states, a spokesperson for the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) confirmed Thursday. |
© Evan Vucci, Associated Press |
The OMB directed the Transportation Department to rescind $943 million from Colorado, Illinois, California and Minnesota, and it directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to rescind $602 million from those states. The Transportation funds are mostly for electric vehicle chargers but also include other projects such as green buses. The CDC funds would have gone toward state and local health grants that the administration feels are too "woke." The funding rescissions were first reported by the New York Post. The targeted Transportation programs include: $100 million for deployment of electric vehicle chargers in Illinois near underserved communities; $15 million for Minneapolis and St. Paul to deploy chargers in low-income and high pollution areas; $15 million for a network across the San Francisco Bay area with an emphasis on disadvantaged communities; and $4.9 million for Colorado to install charging stations in low- and middle-income neighborhoods. The health programs facing cuts include: $5.2 million for the Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago to increase use of HIV-prevention drug PrEP among Black women; $3 million for Colorado to address COVID-19 related health disparities; $988,000 for Chicago to engage with populations impacted by HIV and other sexually transmitted infections; and $500,000 for the University of California to evaluate intimate-partner violence among LGBTQ youth. Read more at TheHill.com. |
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A federal judge this week determined that a Texas state law that seeks to prevent state funds from being invested with financial firms that boycott fossil fuel companies is unconstitutional. |
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The Trump administration on Thursday finalized a rule that gives it the power to more easily fire an estimated 50,000 federal workers who focus on policy, striking many civil service safeguards while also gutting their whistleblower protections. |
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Dozens of Democratic lawmakers are calling on the Trump administration to halt a proposed rollback of vehicle mileage standards, warning that weakening the standards could have detrimental effects on fuel efficiency and Americans' wallets and worsen climate change. |
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News we've flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics: |
Goodbye EV sales mandate, hello purchase rebates. Carney shakes up Canada's auto industry (CBC) Forever chemical TFA has tripled due to ozone-preserving refrigerants (New Scientist)
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Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says he does not support President Trump's proposal for Republicans to "take over" voting procedures in more than a dozen states and "nationalize" the midterm elections, declaring the president’s call to action blatantly unconstitutional. Read more |
| Senate Republicans are concerned that public backlash to President Trump's handling of the economy and his aggressive deportation policies could give rise to a Democratic wave that not only sweeps away the House Republican majority, but also threatens their own three-seat majority in the upper chamber. Read more |
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