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The House has voted to eliminate previously approved funding to public media. Here's what happens next, and how you can help protect HPR and all public media.

How Trump's spending bill could up your utility bills

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published June 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM HST

The One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, currently being deliberated in Congress, includes efforts to roll back a lot of the Inflation Reduction Act. Such moves could see household energy costs go up by hundreds of dollars per year.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks to Naveena Sadasivam, senior staff writer with our editorial partners at Grist.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2025 WBUR

Here & Now Newsroom

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