“When $444 million in line-item budget vetoes were announced Friday, the [Alaska State Council on the Arts] was given notice it would have two weeks to shut down, said Benjamin Brown of Juneau, who has been chairman of the council since 2007. If the $2.8 million veto is not overridden by legislators, it would make Alaska the only state or territory in the United States without a state arts agency.” – Anchorage Daily News