{"id":102889,"date":"2025-02-26T10:30:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T15:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/?p=102889"},"modified":"2025-02-26T09:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T14:48:10","slug":"indiana-governor-to-cut-funding-for-dollys-imagination-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2025\/02\/indiana-governor-to-cut-funding-for-dollys-imagination-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Governor To Cut Funding For Dolly&#8217;s Imagination Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As governmental funding cuts threaten cultural programs across the United States, Dolly Parton\u2019s Imagination Library in Indiana is in jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Governor Mike Braun has proposed reducing the state\u2019s contribution to the program to $0, despite a previous pledge to match 50% funding starting in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Parton and the Dollywood Foundation have urged the state to reconsider, emphasizing the importance of the program in promoting childhood reading and uniting communities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/imaginationlibrary.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parton started the Imagination Library in East Tennessee in 1995,<\/a> and the program has since distributed over 270 million books globally, nurturing kids\u2019 love for reading and fostering lifelong learning.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Conyers, president of the Dollywood Foundation says the program faces an uncertain future due to the funding cut proposal.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe beauty of the Imagination Library is that it unites us all \u2014 regardless of politics \u2014 because every child deserves the chance to dream big and succeed.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As governmental funding cuts threaten cultural programs across the United States, Dolly Parton\u2019s Imagination Library in Indiana is in jeopardy.","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":85480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[464],"tags":[6008,498,3696,9519,10663],"class_list":["post-102889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country-music-news","tag-dolly","tag-dolly-parton","tag-imagination-library","tag-indiana","tag-mike-braun"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 13:44:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/cknx.ca\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2025\/02\/indiana-governor-to-cut-funding-for-dollys-imagination-library\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102889"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102892,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102889\/revisions\/102892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}