Wisconsin’s Governor Proposes Cuts to Arts Groups

Most of the news from Wisconsin has focused on Gov. Scott Walker’s efforts to cut spending by curtailing the collective-bargaining rights of public employees.

But Mr. Walker’s new budget proposal also takes a bite out of the state’s arts budget, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.

The proposed budget would slash spending on the state arts board and end a program that sets aside a small percentage of the money spent to remodel or build certain state buildings for public art, the newspaper reports.

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