Trump's Not Backing Down on Cuts to Local Government Programs

Route Fifty: WASHINGTON — Despite opposition from mayors and other local leaders, President Trump plowed ahead Tuesday with budget proposals that would slash and eliminate grant and loan programs that both urban and rural communities have come to depend on.

Trump’s $4.1 trillion spending plan for fiscal year 2018 maintains proposals he put forward in a March blueprint to reduce funding for a number of programs that funnel federal dollars to localities, helping them pay for costs ranging from housing, to water infrastructure, to sidewalk repairs.

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