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Emails show Trump funding freeze sparked concern in Nebraska state agencies
Message • A Jan. 28 email from Dave Dearmont, chief economist at the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, to Chief Financial Officer Holly Hartman. Attached to the email was a document instructing federal agencies how to evaluate programs.
When the new Trump administration directed a temporary freeze on federal grants and loans last month, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen's office offered a calm public-facing reaction.
But emails and text messages show that many Nebraska state agencies - like organizations across the U.S. - were simmering with questions and concern.
The federal directive had thrown into question if and when governments and organizations would get billions they use for everything from housing programs to highway construction.
Nebraska spent $5.5 billion in federal funding in the last fiscal year. Tendrils of that money w...
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