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News Fri Mar 07 2008
No Love for the Arts in the '09 State Budget
Once again, the Illinois Arts Council (IAC) gets shafted in the governor's proposed '09 budget, which was announced at the end of February. IAC funding was sliced by 23%in 2008 -- and the new budget would essentially maintain that funding level. It's bad news for all the theaters, museums, dance companies and schools that were hoping the '08 cuts would be temporary. The Illinois Arts Alliance reports that our state has now fallen behind much smaller states like Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Louisiana in per capita spending on the arts. Interested in taking action? Write your representatives, or attend a budget hearing and make your voice heard.
— Lindsay Muscato / Comments (0)
