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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/health/trump-public-health-cuts-california.htmlTrump Administration to Cut $600 Million in Health Funding From Four States
The states, all led by Democrats, used the grants to support a wide variety of functions, including H.I.V. prevention and surveillance.
By Apoorva Mandavilli
Feb. 9, 2026, 6:03 p.m. ET
The Trump administration plans to rescind $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats because it finds the grants inconsistent with agency priorities, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.
The programs slated to be cut are in California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota. They include grants to state and local public health departments as well as to some nongovernmental organizations. A list of the cuts was shared with relevant congressional committees on Monday.
The funds are administered through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They include grants given to states for a variety of purposes, including hiring staffs, modernizing data systems and managing disease outbreaks. Some programs are aimed at the needs of specific communities.
Some of the cuts will be finalized this week and others over the coming weeks, totaling roughly $600 million. The figure was first reported by The New York Post.
Nearly two-thirds of the funding is unspent money allocated to state and local public health departments in California.
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TommyT139
(2,249 posts)Diamond_Dog
(40,107 posts)murielm99
(32,834 posts)In addition to being blue states, these are states whose governors stand up to trump.
Colorado is the only one I don't know much about.
Justice matters.
(9,563 posts)was disqualified to run for president since he got indicted for leading an insurrection.
popsdenver
(1,884 posts)stood up to Trump.......Trump wanted to Pardon a Colorado Republican election official who is serving a 9? year Prison Term, for her covert and corrupt tampering with voting machines here in Colorado (along with some Quasi, geek Trumphumpers)......
Trump can't Pardon her, because it is a State Matter..........so Trump is trying everything to make Gov. Polis/(Colroado) pay, for
saying NO to her being pardoned.......
He has been withholding federal money from Blue States and Blue Cities for quite sometime.......he is trying to punish the people in Colorado for fighting him, and not kneeling and kissing his ring......It is extortion to the max.
We here in Colorado are facing the distinct probability of Major Forest fires like never before, Trump has openly stated for Colorado not to count on ANY Federal wildland Firefighters to help out
His buddy Gov. Abbott, down in Texas, bussed 20-40,000 LEGAL immigrants to Denver Colorado last fall....and dropped them off in Downtown Denver....
modrepub
(4,022 posts)Up on court, and I was governor, Id focus the cuts in the Republican parts of my states. Fair is fair, right?
If these are the political games Republicans are going to play, then why not apply them back at them. Just like some states are doing with their congressional maps.
Sogo
(7,056 posts)....
Justice matters.
(9,563 posts)So the GOP (Guardians Of Pedophiles) in the injustice department keep covering up for him.
Initech
(108,018 posts)Skittles
(170,256 posts)and they can FUCK THEMSELVES while they're at it
