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Trump’s Steep Federal Cuts Affects Michigan State University Grants

Mar 3, 2025 | 3:11 PM

Photo: Andrew Mullin ~ 760 WJR

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March 3, 2025 ~ Michigan State University stands to lose as much as $23 million a year in federal grants because of President Donald Trump’s steep cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development. Lauren Gibbons, capital reporter at Bridge Michigan, joins Guy Gordon, Lloyd Jackson, and Jamie Edmonds to talk about what this will mean for the university’s research.

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