Jindal budget slashes funding for the arts

As reported by Mary Tutwiler of The Independent:

Arts officials gathering in Baton Rouge yesterday for a meeting of the Louisiana
Partnership for the Arts got the grim news. Gov. Bobby Jindal is proposing to
cut nearly $2.5 million, an 83 percent reduction, from Decentralized Arts
Funding. The sweeping cut would leave little more than $500,000 for DAF funding
statewide. Jindal also proposed cutting statewide arts grants by 31 percent,
slicing regional folklife funding in half and eliminating funding for artist
fellowships.

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