Last week Gov. Sam Brownback signed into a law a measure creating a new Creative Arts Industry Commission. This week lawmakers struggling to complete the fiscal 2013 budget agreed to fund the new commission with an appropriation of $700,000.
If the governor accepts this figure, Kansas will again receive federal matching dollars for the arts — and the Bowlus Fine Arts Center will again benefit with additional support for many of its programs and events that qualify for federal support.
The new commission merges the former Arts…
