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Budget trims to arts and tourism prompt questions as CTNext functions fold into DECD
Summary
Appropriations members pressed DECD officials on cuts to arts and tourism grant lines, the move of CTNext functions and social-equity cannabis funds into DECD administration, and new proposals for innovation and AI cluster funding.
The Department of Economic and Community Development defended the governor’s biennial budget proposals after committee members questioned the elimination of a $8.7 million ‘‘various grants’’ line that had funded arts and cultural organizations and reductions in multiple tourism fund lines.
Why it matters: Lawmakers argued tourism marketing and arts funding deliver economic activity and community benefits; DECD leaders said funding decisions responded to a tighter statewide budget and that the administration remains committed to the sectors even as…
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