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Effort to Save Kansas Arts Commission Marks Final Day of Session

Kansas Lawmakers have officially wrapped up the 2011 session. A group of legislators used the final day to make a last-ditch effort to save funding for the Kansas Arts Commission. As KPR's Stephen Koranda tells us, Governor Sam Brownback has been pushing to eliminate state funding for the arts.

By Stephen Koranda/KPR

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Topeka, Kan. – Kansas Lawmakers have officially wrapped up the 2011 session. A group of legislators used the final day to make a last-ditch effort to save funding for the Kansas Arts Commission.

As KPR's Stephen Koranda tells us, Governor Sam Brownback has been pushing to eliminate state funding for the arts.

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