Governor approves MCC, cultural facilities funds

This afternoon, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick approved arts funding in the fiscal year 2008 state budget at the levels that the state Legislature approved on July 3, according to Dan Hunter, executive director of Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts, Sciences & Humanities. This means the Massachusetts Cultural Council will get $12.7 million and the state Cultural Facilities Fund will get $6.5 million for the fiscal year that began July 1.