Arizona Governor Proposes “Historic” Arts-Funding Allocation, House Republicans Pass Budget with No Arts Funding
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- 02 Mar 2023
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In January 2023, recently sworn-in governor Katie Hobbs proposed, in the state’s 2024 executive budget, a “historic” one-time $20 million allocation to the Arizona Commission of the Arts, the state arts agency that distributes funding to statewide arts and cultural organizations. Separately, last month, the Republican-run Arizona House, in a party-line vote, approved an overall “skinny” state budget of $15.8 billion, which, according to reporting by Southwest Contemporary’s Lynn Trimble, didn’t include a single dollar for the arts. (The Democratic governor vetoed the House-approved budget on February 16.) The hand-wringing over the state’s spending plan—and whether Hobbs can get lawmakers to agree on the one-time $20 million—will continue during the in-progress regular session of the 2023 Arizona State Legislature, scheduled to run through April 22.
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