The issue focused on public funding for cultural facilities, including arts and culture centers. At issue was the fact that the state has been spending less on those centers in recent years than it did in the past as a share of its general fund budget.


On Monday, at the May open house at the Arts Center in Greater Hartford, the question of public funding for arts centers came up. It brought out some involved in the arts who wanted to bring up the discussion about the Legislature's budget.


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