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On March 31, a federal judge found that a key provision of Trump's executive order that ordered the defunding of public media violated the First Amendment. But the ruling does not restore federal funding to KCUR or the rest of the public media system.
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A U.S. District Court judge found that President Trump's executive order calling for the defunding of NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment.
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NPR was in court for a pivotal hearing arguing that the Trump administration had broken the law with its treatment of public media.
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Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.
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NPR plans to make trims totaling more than $5 million over the course of the coming fiscal year to bring its annual budget into balance. Meanwhile, local stations are asking for more help.
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NPR fans will recognize Bill Kurtis from the weekend game show “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!” But his nearly six-decade career in journalism launched in Topeka, Kansas, when he warned viewers about an incoming tornado.
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After the Congress clawed back $1.1 billion in federal funding to NPR and PBS, Morning Edition host Leila Fadel explains why public media must prevail as a source of free-to-access, independent reporting.
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funnels federal money to public media stations such as KCUR and Classical KC, says it's winding down operations after President Trump signed a law rescinding all funding.
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Congress has approved a plan to claw back funding from U.S. foreign aid programs and public broadcasting organizations like NPR and PBS. What does this mean for KCUR? The station's general manager and interim content director discuss how this could impact our work.
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The Senate voted to approve the $9 billion rescission package early Thursday.
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The Senate voted by a razor-thin margin late Tuesday to advance debate on a package of funding cuts requested by President Trump that would claw back $1.1 billion previously allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee pushed back against the Trump administration's bid to rescind federal funding for public broadcasting and international aid programs. Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt spoke in favor of revoking funding.