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Kevin Boatright: In Kansas, the arts remain grievously underfunded by the state (Column)
“Feb. 7, 2011 — the day Brownback abolished the Kansas Arts Commission — was a setback for the arts in Kansas and an embarrassment for the state nationally,” Kevin Boatright writes.