Trump budget plan would kill economic development agency

[McFurd]

CBS 13 - 5/27/2017 - AP - MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- A federally funded economic development organization that has helped bring and save hundreds of jobs to depressed areas of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and upstate New York is slated for elimination under President Donald Trump's budget. Under the proposal, the budget for the Northern Border Regional Commission would be cut from $10 million in the current fiscal year to $850,000 -- a figure budget proponents say is enough for the agency's "orderly closure." Read more @ http://wgme.com/news/local/trump-budget ... ent-agency