EurekAlert reports that George Mason University researchers "found a link between arts elective courses such as music, dance, visual art and drama, and better grades in middle school."
SEATTLE (AP) — King County voters will decide in August whether to raise the county sales tax to pay for arts, culture and science programs.
The Metropolitan King County Council, voting 7 to 2 Monday, approved placing the "Access for All" measure on the August primary ballot...
SEATTLE (AP) — A King County Councilmember has pulled legislation that would have put a sales-tax measure for the arts on the August ballot.
King County Executive Dow Constantine last month proposed a 0.1 percent bump in the sales tax to raise $469 million over seven years for arts and science programs...
The President of the Yakima Arts Commission says she believes the Millennium Arts Project in front of the Capitol Theatre should be moved to Performance Park next to the Yakima County Courthouse to accommodate the proposed downtown plaza.