Idaho agencies await answers amid federal funding freeze
Bruce E. Mattare
COEUR d’ALENE — In the wake of President Donald Trump’s order to halt federal grants and loans while the Republican administration determines whether the spending complies with a flurry of recent executive orders, federal grant recipients in North Idaho are waiting for answers about how their programs will be affected.
“The use of federal resources to advance Marxist equality, transgenderism and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve,” said a memo from Matthew Vaeth, the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget.
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