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Arts advocates lobby to preserve 1% for art as creative-district tourism bill advances
Summary
Nebraska Arts Council and partners told the council they are pressing to protect the state’s 1% for art program amid negotiations on LB445, while LB560 — which would open tourism grant money to creative districts — cleared committee.
Nebraska Arts Council members and partner organizations heard updates Tuesday about two pieces of legislation that could affect public art and creative-district funding in Nebraska.
The council was told advocates continue to press to preserve the state’s 1% for art program after language in LB445, a construction-related bill, was amended during testimony to include repeal language. Lance (Nebraskans for the Arts) and Arts Council staff said discussions with the bill’s sponsor, Senator Von Gillern, and…
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