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The 2017 Legislature is beginning the process of closing policy committees and moving budget bills to the floor. Below is a brief update on priority legislation, within the larger landscape of the session. BALANCING THE BUDGET The May Revenue Forecast was released on May 16th.   2017-2019 budgets are based on this forecast, and now that

Join us for Advocacy Day! Campbell invitation to advocacy day

When it was suggested to Winston Churchill during WWII that arts and culture spending should be cut to help pay for the war effort, his response was simple: “Then what are we fighting for?” Recently, President Trump released his budget outline for fiscal year 2018, including a call for the complete elimination of the National Endowment

Facts and figures on the arts, in Oregon and across the United States: why the arts matter

Budget-writers estimate Oregon’s budget is $1.8 billion short of the money it needs to continue existing programs at current service levels. The legislature’s Ways and Means Committee is taking a roadtrip, over the next two weeks, and traveling across Oregon to invite public comment on possible budget cuts and spending priorities. We need advocates to