Feds tie transportation funding to birth rates

Trump official's directive tying transportation grants to birth rates could hinder blue states
Shortly after he was confirmed as President Donald Trump’s transportation secretary, Sean Duffy circulated a memo that instructed his department to prioritize families by, among other things, giving preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average when awarding grants.
Trump wants transportation funding tied to marriage and birth rates. That’s bad news for Massachusetts.
Some have interpreted the memo as a ploy to divert federal funding away from blue states, like Massachusetts, and direct it to red states.
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