The National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities are among the independent agencies earmarked for zero funding in the 2018 budget blueprint released Thursday by the Trump administration. The NEA has seen annual budgets ranging from just under $3 million in 1966 to $176 million in 1992. "Today we learned that the President’s FY 2018 budget blueprint proposes the elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts," NEA Chair Jane Chu said. "We expect this news to be an active topic of discussion among individuals and organizations that advocate for the arts," Chu said. DOCUMENT: Read Trump's budget blueprintFor the Record, 9:08 a.m.: An earlier version of this post said 20 agencies are targeted for funding elimination.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 16, 2017 15:22 UTC