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The Seventy Seventh Legislative Assembly adjourned July 8, after five months and eight days of deliberations. The Cultural Advocacy Coalition achieved each of our legislative agenda items this session, with the help of cultural advocates, like you from across the state. For this, I want to offer my sincere thanks. We were tracking legislation, working

We have worked side by side this session to renew the Cultural Trust tax credit. And, we need your help one more time. This isn’t a fire drill, we need advocacy right away. If you have just a moment, please send a message immediately to your House and Senate members to ask them to advocate

Some days are good days in Salem. This was one of them. The revenue forecast which will be used to determine the state’s two-year budget came in $271.5 million above prior forecasts. This could be enough breathing room to allow legislators the flexibility they need to broker deals and negotiate final budgets, to close down