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Eastern Standard - April 24th, 2025

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On this week’s Eastern Standard:

Tracking “cause and effect” of the Trump administration’s federal funding and staffing cuts brings us to the closures of Mine Safety and Health Administration inspection offices in Kentucky; an end to BRIC, a program that has been helping communities get better prepared for extreme weather events; the closure of the office shaping NAEP, known as The Nation’s Report Card which provides a measure of how Kentucky public school students are doing in math and reading; and an explanation of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). We also hear about the plans of the James Baker Hall Foundation to encourage and highlight Kentucky’s budding writers and poets.

Tom Martin hosts Eastern Standard, a weekly radio magazine of interviews and stories about interesting people, places, and things happening in the Commonwealth.
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