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House Finance narrows State Library funding cuts after public outcry, shifts $300,000 cut to DNCR
Summary
The House Finance Committee debated defunding and staff reductions at the State Library before rejecting an outright elimination and instead approving a $300,000-a-year back-of-the-budget reduction applied to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources budget after amendments and votes.
The House Finance Committee on March 19 considered proposals to dramatically reduce funding for the State Library and to eliminate an unclassified state librarian position, then moved instead to a smaller, department-level reduction.
The Library drew extended debate after Representative Sweeney proposed eliminating a currently vacant unclassified state librarian position and a separate funded vacant position and cutting $100,000 a year. After discussion and public correspondence noted by members, the committee voted down the targeted elimination of the two funded vacant positions and instead approved a $300,000-per-year back-of-the-budget reduction applied to DNCR (Department of Natural and Cultural Resources).
Representative McGuire, chair of the House Finance Committee, framed the…
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