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McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau
National
David Lightman and Ben Wieder

Trump states and rural areas grab bigger chunk of transportation grant funds

WASHINGTON _ Twenty-five of the 30 states President Donald Trump won in 2016 have received bigger shares of funding from a federal transportation program that has shifted to favoring rural projects over urban, according to a McClatchy analysis of Department of Transportation data.

The Trump administration is also giving roads a bigger chunk of the award money since President Barack Obama left office.

Grant recipients are getting nearly everything they sought _ more than 90% of what they requested _ in the Trump administration awards. During the Obama years, grant winners got about half of what they requested.

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