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Madison mayor warns temporary OMB pause on federal grants could affect local services

2164755 · January 29, 2025
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Mayor Rhodes Conway told the City Council that an Office of Management and Budget memo pausing federal grants may affect Madison-area services and that a federal judge has issued an administrative stay through Monday; city staff are inventorying impacted funding.

Mayor Rhodes Conway told the Common Council on Jan. 28 that the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) had issued a memo directing a temporary pause on federal grants, loans and financial assistance programs and that the city is tracking possible impacts.

"The Federal Office of Management and Budget did issue a memo instructing a temporary pause on Federal grants, loans, and financial assistance programs," Rhodes Conway said, and added that "as of this…

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