# States Sue to Save School Mental Health Grants | Spokane News Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/spokane-news-today-2-min-the-daily-news-now-7569664/states-sue-to-save-school-mental-health-grants-spokane-news Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/spokane-news-today-2-min-the-daily-news-now-7569664/states-sue-to-save-school-mental-health-grants-spokane-news.md Podcast: [Spokane News Today | 2 Min | The Daily News Now!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/spokane-news-today-2-min-the-daily-news-now-7569664) Published: 2026-07-11T08:31:04+00:00 Episode link: https://sources.thednn.ai/7fa0679fa8e47534 Audio file: https://api.fastcast.ai/audio/be367ebc-de73-455e-9754-72b70d653e96.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/spokane-news-today-2-min-the-daily-news-now-7569664/episodes/states-sue-to-save-school-mental-health-grants-spokane-news Duration seconds: 102 ## Resource Fifteen states are suing the Trump administration to stop cuts to a $1 billion school mental health funding program, established after Parkland to hire and train counselors for students struggling with anxiety, loneliness, and violence — a program that once enjoyed bipartisan support but now faces federal threats despite a prior court victory. Listen in comfort: Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN: advertise@thednn.ai This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting. Report issues to feedback@thednn.ai. View sources & latest updates: https://sources.thednn.ai/7fa0679fa8e47534 ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/spokane-news-today-2-min-the-daily-news-now-7569664/episodes/states-sue-to-save-school-mental-health-grants-spokane-news/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/spokane-news-today-2-min-the-daily-news-now-7569664/states-sue-to-save-school-mental-health-grants-spokane-news.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.