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COVID paused prevention efforts, which helped fuel the rise in new infections. Now federal funding cuts threaten to disrupt those efforts again

The U.S. Senate’s version of the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” could ultimately have major budgetary consequences for Missouri, thanks to a provision capping a critical tax that helps pay for Medicaid.

Freedom’s Frontier, a coalition of more than 200 historically significant sites on both sides of the Kansas-Missouri border, will “cease to exist” if Congress approves proposed legislation to defund National Heritage Areas, the organization’s spokesman says.

The proposed federal budget for 2026 includes reductions in funding for education and research, totaling almost $163 billion.

The system's cost-saving measures will go into effect immediately as it faces economic uncertainty and federal funding cuts.

The Missouri Family Health Council (MFHC) was expecting year 4 of a 5 year grant for $8.5 million until The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services informed the council and 15 other Title X grantees that the money was being temporarily withheld.

A day before the new budget period for Title X, a federal reproductive healthcare grant, Missouri’s sole grantee received notice from the federal government that the state’s cash would be withheld.

The entire staff of the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services were put on leave Monday. The Institute is the largest funder of cultural institutions in the U.S. It gives money to the states to pass on to local communities in the form of grants. It most recently gave Missouri just over $3 million.

The USDA's Rural Development agency has provided billions of dollars each year to small towns, farmers and businesses. Now staffing upheaval and budget cuts brought on by the Trump administration may be eating into the agency’s effectiveness.

The nonprofit says staff and students are still reeling from a federal decision to fire 35 employees at Haskell Indian Nations University.