How federal funding cuts are affecting Utah organizations on Access Utah

By Tom Williams

Published April 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM MDT

We’ve all been hearing about DOGE’s dismantling of some government agencies and deep cuts to others. Other budget cuts and funding freezes are happening separate from DOGE. Most of these cuts are having effects downstream. On Tuesday, we look at how several Utah organizations have been affected by recent federal funding cuts. We talk with Jodi Graham with Utah Humanities; Ken Cannon with Cannon Heritage Consultants; and Neil Rickard with Utahns Against Hunger.

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Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.

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