The New York Times did a story showing the statewide impact in South Dakota of almost one million dollars in funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. That funding has been proposed for major cuts by the Trump Administration.
Senator John Thune says there have been attempts in the past to shut down funding for the N.E.A……

Thune says it is likely that arts funding will be cut, as money is moved to defense programs…..

Thune says local programs may have to find more match money to keep the federal funding.