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Article: CULTURAL COUNCIL TO GET HUGE BUDGET CUT
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 30, 2002
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The Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency that has been
fighting proposed cuts for months, learned yesterday that it is
likely to lose $6.5 million of its budget. The 46 percent cut
proposed by Acting Governor Jane Swift will mean cuts across the
board in state money to artists, nonprofit institutions, and 335
local cultural councils.
Without a veto from the House or Senate, Swift's proposed budget
will force the cultural council to make drastic cuts, said Mary
Kelley, MCC executive director.
"It's a staggering cut," said Dan Hunter, executive director of
the Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities.
"The Massachusetts Cultural Council receives a small part of ...