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House approves moving Housing and Community Development into Workforce Services amid debate
Summary
House Bill 139, which moves Housing and Community Development from the Department of Community and Culture to the Department of Workforce Services and establishes a Department of Heritage and Arts, passed after extensive debate about savings, stakeholder input and rural access; the sponsor said the change will save about $1.3 million.
Representative Wayne Harper, sponsor of House Bill 139, presented the measure as the product of a year-and-a-half study and executive-branch recommendations. Harper said the bill implements recommendations from an optimization commission and an executive study to streamline government functions, move housing and community development to Workforce Services, and create a separate Department of Heritage and Arts to focus…
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