Experts propose reducing the number of small environmental permits and improving remaining small permit processes through ...

Unlike specific, targeted grants (often called categorical grants), block grants aren't tied to strict rules or designated programs. This happened here in PA at the state level with the Corbett cuts.

Money received from block grants often cannot be tracked or audited in the same way that categorical grants (intended for a specific purpose) can, compounding these concerns. Local officials can ...

It would also eliminate over $1 billion in categorical grants that help states and tribes address pollution challenges. It would end the Atmospheric Protection Program, which focuses on protecting ...

Officials from Mississippi, South Carolina, Oregon and New Mexico warned EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin that a White House proposal to eliminate the agency’s categorical grants would ...

Reville said that turning categorical grants into block grants, spent at the discretion of states, would “be a disaster for those populations who these grants were designed to serve.” ...

"The Executive's categorical freeze of appropriated and ... That memo said the freeze was necessary while the administration reviewed grants and loans to ensure they are aligned with Trump's ...

Beyond unspent pandemic relief monies, other funds at risk are categorical grants from the Department of Education, Reville said. These grants are directed to a specific population. For example, Title ...

Increasing amounts of state funds now support so-called categorical grants, which give money only to particular types of schools and often come with strings attached. Policymakers are devoting an ...