Kenny Murry

1 week ago | wabe.org | Kenny Murry

Community celebrations being planned to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary next year are at risk of being significantly scaled back or canceled because of federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s administration, according to multiple state humanities councils across the country. The councils have been working on programming for America250, an initiative marking the milestone anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

1 week ago | wabe.org | Ross Williams |Kenny Murry

Young adults across Georgia will soon be passing that major milestone: walking across the stage, taking their diplomas in hand and basking in the applause after their names are read. Most friends and family members cheering from the stands won’t give the person behind the voice a second thought, but in some Georgia colleges, there may be more to those announcers than meets the ear, and some rising graduates say they’re not happy about it.

2 weeks ago | wabe.org | Kenny Murry

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently announced the recipients of its Outdoor Stewardship Program grants totaling $24.6 million for 12 conservation and outdoor recreation projects across the state. The Outdoor Stewardship Program was created in 2018 when Georgia voters approved a measure to dedicate sales tax on outdoor recreation equipment to conservation and parks projects.

2 weeks ago | wabe.org | Kenny Murry

A top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official told staff this week to start planning for the agency’s splintering. Several parts of CDC — mostly those devoted to health threats that aren’t infectious — are being spun off into the soon-to-be-created Administration for a Healthy America, the agency official told senior leaders in calls and meetings. The directive came from Dr. Debra Houry, the agency’s chief medical officer, according to three CDC officials who were in attendance.

2 weeks ago | wabe.org | Kenny Murry

Bernice King warns decades of work to reduce inequities in housing is at risk, as the Trump administration cuts funding for projects and tries to reduce funding for nonprofits that handle housing discrimination complaints. “I shudder to think what’s going to happen — there’s still a lot of residential segregation,” King, CEO of The King Center and the youngest daughter of civil rights leaders The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, told The Associated Press.