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HPR's Bill Dorman on House lawmakers voting to defund public media

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Bill Dorman

Published June 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM HST

A stuffed Cookie Monster is seated in a control room at the Arizona PBS offices at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Katie Oyan)

In a narrow vote, House lawmakers voted along party lines to cut federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Now, the legislation will head to the Senate. The Senate has a deadline of July 18 to act upon it. HPR's Bill Dorman shared the latest and what's to come.

This interview aired on The Conversation on June 12, 2025. The Conversation airs weekdays at 11 a.m.

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