After slashing a popular reading program from the budget, Gov. Mike Braun said Friday he asked First Lady Maureen Braun to spearhead an initiative to keep Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Indiana.

will spearhead an effort to get private investors for the project All 92 counties in Indiana participate in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. In Indiana, the state through 2024 covered half of the cost of the books, but the proposed budget does not ...

"The beauty of the Imagination Library is that it unites us all — regardless of politics," Parton's rep said in a statement.

Indiana's new budget does not include funding for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. The program sends free books to children from birth to age 5. It has helped Indiana's child literacy ranking rise from 19th to 6th nationwide.

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has provided free monthly books to thousands of children across Northwest Indiana and has been gaining in popularity. Lake County just gained full coverage for the program after the Dean and Barbara White Foundation provided a grant in December.

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With Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in jeopardy in Indiana, United Way Southwestern Indiana is talking about the benefits of the program. The Imagination Library provides free books to kids each month,

As governmental funding cuts threaten cultural programs across the United States, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Indiana is in jeopardy. Governor Mike Braun has proposed reducing the state’s contribution to the program to $0,