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Mass Cultural Council asks for $28 million in FY2026 to expand grants, equity work and a state poet laureate honorarium
Summary
Mass Cultural Council Director Michael Bobbitt told the Joint Committee on Ways and Means the agency seeks $28 million for FY2026, including a new $15,000 earmark to fund an honorarium for the state's newly created poet laureate position and additional operating, local council and equity investments to reach growing demand.
Michael J. Bobbitt, director of the Mass Cultural Council, requested a $28,000,000 appropriation for FY2026 during the Gloucester Ways and Means field hearing on March 10, saying the agency is seeing record applications and unmet need across its grant programs.
What was requested - $28,000,000 total; the request matches the agency’s FY2025 ask and is $1,150,000 higher than the current appropriation. Within the…
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