Michigan will foot the bill for piping plover monitoring after feds yank funding

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : The shift represents another example of the state feeling the impact of funding freezes and cutbacks ordered by the Trump administration and multi-billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
40% : For years, Trump continued to threaten funding cuts to the program until 2019, when he flipped his position during a speech in Grand Rapids when he said "it's time" for full funding for the GLRI at $300 million a year.

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