NH Senate Fiscal Committee votes to give Council on the Arts $1 in funds next budget

NH Senate Fiscal Committee votes to give Council on the Arts $1 in funds next budget

The New Hampshire Senate Fiscal Committee voted Wednesday to allocate $1 to the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts in the next state budget.

Senate Finance Votes To Fund the Arts With Only $1, Angering Many

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org CONCORD – New Hampshire is moving toward being the first in the nation to de-fund its public arts after the Senate Finance Committee voted Wednesday 5-3 to approve a $1 budget. The NH State Council for the Arts, which distributes grant funding to support local theater groups across the state, often in amounts of $10,000 or more, is essentially gone by the action, said state Sen. David Watters, D-Dover, who opposed t…

Senate budget writers zero out arts funding

Senate budget writers voted to keep the Council on the Arts intact, but left it with only a dollar. They then told the council to seek private donations to continue its mission.