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National Stories About NEH
- Looks Like Mussolini, Quacks Like Mussolini
- National Endowment for the Humanities terminates majority of staff, union says
- America’s Cultural Infrastructure Crippled by Trump Cuts to National Endowment for the Humanities
- Canceled Humanities Grants to Help Pay for Trump’s ‘Garden of Heroes’
- DOGE’s Latest Cuts Will Hit Local Culture Hard
- Canceled Humanities Grants to Help Pay for Trump’s ‘Garden of Heroes’
- Where did U.S. humanities grants go? To projects from a baseball film to AI research
- National Endowment For Humanities Cancels Approved Grants
- Here’s What One of Trump’s Grantee Termination Letters Looks Like
- At least 1,200 grants canceled as NEH cuts target humanities across U.S. (Non-Paywalled Link)
- States scramble after Trump’s ‘devastating’ cuts to humanities grants
- The N.E.H. Does What Republicans Always Wanted. DOGE Slashed It Anyway.
- National Endowment for the Humanities staff put on immediate leave
- Humanities groups across the country say their federal funding has been pulled
- Groups Are Told That Federal Humanities Grants Are Canceled
- Cultural groups across U.S. told that federal humanities grants are terminated
- DOGE Demands Deep Cuts at Humanities Endowment
- National Endowment for the Humanities Cancels Previously Awarded Grants
- Trump Administration Threatens Extreme Cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Trump Moves to Gut the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Trump and Musk Set Their Sights on Humanities Cuts
- Organizations Lose Pivotal Grants as DOGE Takes Axe to Humanities Agency
- DOGE comes for the humanities
- Seven Documentary Organizations Sign Letter Decrying DOGE National Endowment for the Humanities Cuts
- Amid Slashes to Federal Grant Funding, Report Affirms the Economic Importance of Arts and Culture
State-Specific Council News Stories
- Alaska Public Media
- ‘Devastating’ DOGE cuts hit museums, cultural centers and libraries all over Alaska
- Federal grant for Museum of the Aleutians cancelled, funds reallocated
- Alaska Humanities Forum receives letter informing of immediate termination of federal funding
- DOGE: Alaska Humanities Forum loses federal funds
- Alaska Humanities Forum sounds alarm over targeting of federal funding by DOGE
- California
- ‘A gut punch’: Trump order threatens funding for San Diego museums, libraries and zoo
- Funding at risk for Little Tokyo’s Japanese American National Museum amid Trump administration cuts
- Japanese American National Museum calls out DOGE cuts to NEH
- Trump administration terminates California Humanities funding, halting cultural projects
- With arts and culture under threat, California Humanities feted 50 years of guiding light
- Feds pull CSUB humanities grant funding for educational program on valley migration, farm labor
- Museums’ funding slashed by DOGE order. One L.A. museum vows to fight
- NEH Funding Cuts Lead to Canceled Grants for Bay Area Artists
- Connecticut
- President Trump cuts millions in funding to art groups and museums in Connecticut; state officials respond
- CT cultural organizations ask for support in wake of federal cuts: ‘Arts and humanities are our soul’
- CT cultural organizations ask for support in wake of federal cuts: ‘Arts and humanities are our soul’
- Federal cuts from Washington will impact Mystic Seaport and Aquarium, Connecticut Science Center
- Amid one-two punch of Trump funding cuts and tariffs, CT in ‘fight of our lives’
- Trump cuts federal funding for CT arts and cultural institutions
- CT libraries and museums are the latest to face federal cuts
- Weston History Center Loses $25K NEH Grant For Planned Exhibit
- WHCC Grant Canceled
- Guam
- Shutdown looming for Humanities Guåhan as NEH funding cancelled
- Guam, CNMI humanities councils could close after federal funding cuts
- Federal cuts jeopardize humanities in Guam and CNMI
- Federal budget cuts threaten Humanities councils in Guam and NMI | Marianas Business Journal
- Humanities Guåhan to meet with local leaders for support after losing federal grants | News | guampdn.com
- Abrupt, retroactive funding cancellation jeopardizes Humanities Guåhan’s future
- Idaho
- Trump administration’s latest federal cuts hit humanities funding in Idaho
- Idaho Humanities Council Cancels Grants for Silent Film Festival Following DOGE Cuts
- Kenworthy impacted by DOGE cuts
- Trump administration’s latest federal cuts hit humanities funding in Idaho
- Funding for Idaho Humanities Council programs halted as grants canceled nationwide
- Museum of North Idaho’s $500K grant in jeopardy
- Funding for Idaho Humanities Council programs halted as grants canceled nationwide
- Trump administration’s latest federal cuts hit humanities funding in Idaho
- Kenworthy impacted by DOGE cuts
- Federal Cuts Threaten History and Culture in Idaho
- Illinois
- Trump Administration Cuts to NEH Grants Leave Illinois Humanities Facing $1 Million Shortfall
- Today In Culture, Tuesday, April 8, 2025: Klaus Mäkelä Returns To Chicago | How NEH Slashes Affect Illinois | Water Tower Place Conversion
- Funds cut for cultural groups
- Abrupt $1 million loss for Illinois Humanities after Trump cuts funding tap
- Abrupt $1 million loss for Illinois Humanities after Trump cuts funding
- DOGE is Cutting NEH Cultural Funding to Illinois and Across Country
- Massachusetts
- A noble endeavor for a great society is being abandoned
- ‘I am stunned.’ Mass. cultural groups see federal funding abruptly slashed.
- New England Public Radio (413 Podcast): Segment
- Mississippi
- State humanities council’s endowment funding terminated
- Musk eliminates funding for Mississippi Humanities Council
- Mississippi Humanities Council says it has been targeted by DOGE; asks supporters to call and lobby for continued federal funding
- Mississippi Humanities Council loses funding
- DOGE pulls federal funding for Mississippi Humanities Council. See how it affects state
- Mississippi Humanities Council hit by federal funding cuts
- The Mississippi Humanities Council says it’s had $1.5 million in federal funding terminated
- Trump order threatens funding for Miss. colleges, cultural centers
- ‘I can hear the train coming’: Mississippi leaders scramble after federal education funding abruptly frozen
- ‘The impact will be felt far and wide’: DOGE and federal cuts now impacting organizations in the state
- Missouri
- Montana
- Cuts to the NEH threaten Montana’s cultural and educational landscape
- Humanities Montana budget slashed ‘in furtherance of the President’s agenda’
- Humanities Montana budget slashed ‘in furtherance of the President’s agenda’
- Humanities Montana budget slashed in latest DOGE cuts
- Humanities Montana is hit by Trump cuts
- Humanities Montana budget slashed in latest DOGE cuts
- Capitol Talk: Censure in the Senate; Pain in your pocketbook; Public lands in whose hands?
- Public Opinion Boils Over as Feds Continue Slashing Jobs, Budgets
- Humanities Montana surviving on reserve funds amid federal funding termination
- New Mexico
- Losing humanities funding would be a death blow
- New Mexico Humanities Council funding slashed in late-night email
- NM Humanities council to shut its doors after funding cuts
- NM Humanities Council will have to close its doors following latest Trump cuts, director says
- As Budget Cuts Loom – Programs For Rural Libraries, Historical Societies, Tribal Organizations, Museums, Teachers, Students, Veterans And Elders Face Devastating Cuts
- Ohio
- Grants for Ohio Humanities councils terminated
- DOGE cleaver cuts deep into Wood County Museum’s finances
- Trump cuts to humanities grants deal harsh blow to Ohio museums, cultural institutions
- Ohio Humanities grant program paused amid DOGE cuts
- Ohio Humanities receives notice its federal grant funds are ‘terminated’
- Local museums are watchful of possible federal funding cuts
- Cultural groups across U.S. told that federal humanities grants are terminated
- Children’s Theatre Workshop says grant is being ‘held indefinitely’ by Trump administration; still plans to hold show
- Miami’s $500,000 Bachelor Hall renovation grant terminated
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma Humanities loses federal grant support, DOGE halts funding to humanities councils
- Oklahoma Humanities gets DOGE-directed termination notice, affecting federal funding
- A devastating loss’: DOGE cuts to National Endowment for the Humanities includes Oklahoma
- Oklahoma Humanities Council fears future after letter from DOGE
- NewsBrief: Oklahoma Humanities Faces Significant Budget Cut
- Oregon
- Oregon Humanities faces steep federal funding cuts
- The war on thought: This time it hits the National Endowment for the Humanities and Oregon Humanities
- Oregon Humanities Is the Latest Victim of DOGE Cuts
- YouTube: KGW Top Stories 11 p.m., Friday, April 4, 2025
- Trump’s latest funding cuts are a massive hit for Oregon’s universities, museums and cultural organizations
- Oregon Humanities loses half its income as Trump administration cuts National Endowment grant
- Oregon Humanities Is the Latest Victim of DOGE Cuts
- The war on thought: This time it hits the National Endowment for the Humanities and Oregon Humanities
- The Lars Larson Show: Segment
- Fed Grants to Oregon Humanities Rescinded, Corvallis Project Put on Hold
- Good Morning, News: Freak Folk Songwriter Michael Hurley Has Died, PSU Protesters Get Probation, and DOGE Cuts Hit Oregon Humanities
- Amid Trump’s Cuts: An Open Letter from Corvallis’ Arts & Culture Leaders
- Tennessee
- Southern Festival of Books threatened by Trump administration cuts
- Letter to the Editor: NEH Funding Terminated for Humanities Tennessee: How You Can Help
- The Book Ecosystem in Tennessee Is Under Serious Threat
- Southern Festival of Books at risk after grant funding is cut
- Southern Festival of Books at risk due to federal cuts
- Trump Cuts Threaten Southern Festival of Books, Fort Negley Work
- Texas
- San Antonio museums respond to the latest round of federal funding cuts
- DOGE slashes federal funds to Humanities Texas
- Historians Defend the National Endowment for the Humanities and American Public Culture
- Austin humanities grants canceled by Trump administration
- DOGE Guts Funding for Texas Humanities Council
- Washington
- Humanities Washington, other local nonprofits fear federal cuts
- Trump cuts to grants, funding send WA arts organizations reeling
- Humanities Washington and other local nonprofits fearing federal cuts
- Trump funding cuts hit Washington state hard
- Cultural resources require nurturing, not eliminating
- Today’s Headlines: WA humanities orgs hit by funding cuts, Cantwell pushes for oversight on tariffs
- Clark County Historical Museum braces for cuts as DOGE eyes cultural institutions
- WA cultural orgs face $10M in cuts from Trump administration
- West Virginia
- West Virginia’s Cultural Heritage should be Defended, Not Defunded
- West Virginia’s Cultural Heritage Should Be Defended, Not Defunded
- The Register-Herald
- Charleston Gazette
- West Virginia Humanities Council suspends grantmaking amid funding uncertainty
- DOGE cuts force West Virginia Humanities Council to suspend grants
- West Virginia Humanities Council halts grants due to DOGE cuts
- West Virginia’s cultural heritage should be defended, not defunded
- Wisconsin
- Federal funding cuts threaten Wisconsin Humanities programs
- Humanities programs across Wisconsin are in peril after Trump axes
- Humanities programs across Wisconsin are in peril after Trump axes funding
- Federal cuts would put Wisconsin Humanities out of business, group says
- Madison Children’s Museum loses federal grant
- Opinion | Humanities Council head calls cuts a ‘crisis for democracy’
- Madison Children’s Museum: Federal Gov’t Owes Us $268,000
- Wisconsin Humanities agency faces expiration due to federal grant elimination
- Wyoming
- Wyoming Humanities hit with DOGE funding freeze
- Natrona County Library director: DOGE cuts will directly impact local library
- Wyoming Humanities loses $850000 in federal funding, gutting its budget
- Wyoming Humanities hit with DOGE funding freeze
- Wyoming Humanities urgently seeks public support amid federal funding cuts nationwide