Federal Funding Cuts Prolong Anxiety for North Dakota Institutions

The Liberty Memorial Building on the Capitol grounds in Bismarck.   (Photo provided via the North Dakota Monitor)

( By: Michael Standaert, North Dakota News Cooperative ) – Trump administration orders to slash funding across the country have put the future of some programs offered by the State Library of North Dakota at risk.

Other federal funding cuts have already hit research at the University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University in health, science and the humanities.

Pending cuts have programs on edge about their future, potentially impacting citizens whose lives are enriched by those programs.

Staffers at the Institute of Museum and Library Services were put on leave in March following executive orders to reduce the size of the agency. Three states – California, Connecticut and Washington – had grant funding terminated.