Energy, Interior departments suffer light cuts in budget

Published March 16, 2017 11:56am ET



The Energy and Interior departments received light shaves under President Trump’s budget proposal issued Thursday.

The Energy Department budget would be cut by $1.7 billion, dropping from $29.7 billion to $28 billion in the fiscal 2018 budget. That equals a 6 percent reduction from fiscal 2017.

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