7/1/02 NEWS FROM MINNESOTA CITIZENS FOR THE ARTS: 1. Election season begins. Do you know who your candidates are? 2. MCA Pushes to Make Support for the Arts Part of Every Candidate’s Agenda 3. Congress Votes to Increase Funding for the...
5/22/02 CONTENTS: Governor Vetoes All Arts Projects! Arts Appropriation Still Unaffected “Telling Our Stories: Advocating for the Arts in Your Community” Arts Education Community Meeting: Politics and Policy in 2003 “Rules of...
5/16/02 Yesterday, the legislature finally passed the second phase deficit reduction bill, which included no additional cuts to the arts. This is great news, because the House had originally proposed cutting an additional 3% from arts funding...
4/24/02 The following alert is forwarded to you from our friends at the Minnesota Alliance for Arts in Education, who work to ensure that the arts are available to all children in Minnesota Schools. Arts Learning Alert: K-12 Arts Standards...
4/22/02 Hometown, Minnesota, Inc. is offering a workshop on May 10, 2002, from 9 am to 1 pm., which may be of interest to Minnesota Citizens for the Arts members: “Artists Entrepreneurship as a tool for Downtown Revitalization.”...
4/10/02 APPROPRIATION: Whilst legislative leaders try to come to a global agreement on phase two of the state’s deficit reduction plan, conference committees can’t really make headway on their various parts of the budget. As it...
3/28/02 National Issues Update; MN Legislature Takes a Break National Arts Issues Update Earlier this month, MCA Vice Chair Rebecca Petersen, MCA Operations Manager Geri Katz, MSAB Executive Director Bob Booker and Jeff Prauer of COMPAS visited...
3/21/02 1. Arts Funding The legislature has already cut the arts by 4%. The 4% cut was included in the “first phase” of the deficit reduction package. They are now working on the “second phase.” Although the House today...
2/28/02 OVERRIDE OF GOVERNOR’S VETO MEANS THAT ARTS CUTS ARE HELD TO 4% Arts Appropriation The Minnesota House and Senate voted yesterday and today, respectively, to override the Governor’s veto of the budget deficit reduction bill...
2/22/02 Arts Advocacy Day Held in the Nick of Time “Global Deal” by House and Senate Lessens Cut to Arts Funding to 4% ARTS APPROPRIATION On Tuesday, MCA’s Arts Advocacy Day brought 400+ arts people from every corner of...
February 6, 2002 Minnesota Senate Recommends Reducing 7% Arts Cut to 4% Last Night the Senate Committee that deals with arts funding, chaired by Sen. Cohen, recommended that the cut to the arts appropriation be reduced from 7% to 4%. (Governor...
2/4/02 President Bush Recommends $2 Million Increase for the Arts President Bush released details of his FY 2003 budget today requesting Congress to appropriate a $2 million increase to the NEA to bring the agency’s total budget up to $117...
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