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22DeSantis Leaves Zero In Budget For Arts, CultureIn an unprecedented move and only two weeks before the new fiscal year began for Broward County arts organizations, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed more than $32 million in state arts grants, shocking leaders of arts and culture organizations.The state arts grants would have supported 663 arts and culture organizations. All were denied. For Broward County, 54 grant requests with a total of $3.3 million in arts funding are not coming to groups in the County.Line 3260A in the 16-page veto list wiped out $26 million in cultural and museum grants and 3266A slashed $6,047,838 million for cultural facilities.By Michelle F. SolomonGovernor%u2019s Arts Funding Slash HurtsArts & CultureBroward Countys Economy%u201cFocus of Florida%u2019s Future Budget,%u201d which begins July 1, included approximately $1 billion in line-item vetoes, including zero state funding for arts and culture.