Zack Stanton

For the third year in a row, the Trump Administration’s proposed federal budget would zero-out funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. And PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger doesn’t understand why.  “I wish I knew,” Kerger said. “I don’t understand why we seem to be perennially in this fight.” “I see the impact our local stations have in communities; red states, blue states. I see the work that our stations are doing for advancing civil conversation,” Kerger said.