Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, Alaska Republicans, have said they are working with other senators on an amendment to protect public broadcast funding for rural outlets.
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Mr. Sullivan said he and other senators with similar concerns are exploring ways to ensure local public media affiliates in rural areas — “which play a role in terms of safety and a whole host of things, especially a state like mine that has 250 communities that don’t even have roads that connect them” — are protected from funding cuts that could impact their operations.
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