Saturday, May 24, 2003

THE CUTS
courtsey of Minnesota Citizens for the Arts

I am disgusted to have to report the following:
* The Minnesota Arts took a 32% funding cut from the State Legislature this week
* The Humanities Commission lost all of their state funding for the next two years. (State funding covered about a third of their budget).
* The Minnesota Film Board was cut by 82%, leaving them with just $350,000/year
* The Minnesota Historical Society was cut by $4.3 million dollars a year, a loss of 23%
* The Science Museum of Minnesota got a 30% cut, reducing their annual funding to $750,000/year.
* The Minnesota Zoo got a 10% cut, with an ability to charge new fees.
* At this time, it looks like public broadcasting will get cuts too, but their bill is not yet finished.