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The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 is a $2.3 trillion [1] spending bill that combines $900 billion in stimulus relief for the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States with a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill for the 2021 federal fiscal year (combining 12 separate annual appropriations bills) and prevents a government shutdown.
The organization's legal name is National Public Radio and its trademarked brand is NPR; it is known by both names. [11] In June 2010, the organization announced that it was "making a conscious effort to consistently refer to ourselves as NPR on-air and online" because NPR is the common name for the organization and its radio hosts have used the tag line "This ... is NPR" for many years. [11]
A budget resolution for the 2021 fiscal year began to be considered by the 117th United States Congress in February 2021. As appropriations for the fiscal year had already been approved, the budget resolution's main purpose was to begin the budget reconciliation process to allow a COVID-19 pandemic relief bill to be passed without the possibility of being blocked by a filibuster.
A public radio network, National Public Radio (NPR), was created in February 1970, as byproduct of the passage of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. This network – which replaced the Ford Foundation-backed National Educational Radio Network – is colloquially though inaccurately conflated with public radio as a whole, when in fact "public ...
December 2021 (WPVD): to avoid significant looming infrastructure repair costs and ongoing operating expenses, WPVD 1290AM is modified from 10,000 watts directional (4 towers) to 400 watts day / 16 watts night (1 tower).
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has vowed to go after NPR — which gives tote bags to donors as rewards — as part of a wave of budget cuts.
Maher congratulating Wikidata's fifth anniversary in 2017. Katherine Roberts Maher (/ m ɑːr / MAR; [1] born April 18, 1983) [2] is an American businesswoman. She is the chief executive officer (CEO) and president of National Public Radio (NPR) since March 2024. [3]
The podcast is hosted by Lisa Hagen and Chris Haxel and produced by NPR. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The podcast debuted in September 2020 [ 5 ] and is a six part series. [ 6 ] The series features an interview with Jennifer Ellis, [ 7 ] co-founder of the anti-extremist group, Idaho Conservatives.