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Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025

Is Minnesota losing millions of dollars in federal energy grants terminated by the Trump administration?

Shadi Bushra, MinnPost
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Yes, the Trump administration has canceled $645 million in energy grants to Minnesota.

The canceled projects include $464 million to connect power sources in Minnesota and other states and $50 million to upgrade a North Dakota-Minnesota electrical transmission line.

On Oct. 1, the Associated Press reported the administration, “citing the government shutdown,” was withholding $18 billion in approved federal funding for a rail tunnel between New York City and New Jersey. The following day, the AP said another $7.6 billion in clean energy grants would be canceled — all in states that, like Minnesota, voted for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

Democrats complained in a Politico article that the move is part of a Trump administration efforts to penalize Democrats, who are blocking a Republican bill in the Senate that could end the standoff. Verite News reports some grants were also cut to states that voted for Trump.

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