March 2, 2001 State Arts Appropriation The good news is that Gov. Ventura recommended stable funding for the arts, and that a hearing on the arts appropriation in Sen. Cohen’s Senate committee on Feb. 7 went very well. The bad news is that...
February 9, 2001 Governor Ventura recommended stable funding for the arts this year. We want to make sure he knows we ap-preciate his recommendation. Could you take five minutes to send him a quick thank you note? “Thank you for supporting...
February 5, 2001 Rep. Phil Krinkie, chair of the State Government Finance Committee in the House, has introduced a bill which includes a 42% cut in the arts appropriation from approximately $13 million per year to approximately $7.6 million per...
January 29, 2001 Nonprofits to Hold Meeting in Twin Cities Senate Committee to Hold Public Hearings Around the State BACKGROUND: Governor Ventura’s tax proposal includes provisions that pose a serious threat to the tax-exempt status of...
January 22, 2001 Last week in Bloomington, the Department of Tourism held its annual Governor’s Conference on Tourism. The theme for this year’s conference was: Mirror on Minnesota: Culture, Arts and Heritage Tourism. At the closing...
January 5, 2001 You Are Invited To Arts Advocacy Day 2001! Please join us at the Minnesota History Center and State Capitol in St. Paul on February 7 Imagine thisÉlast year, over 400 arts advocates come from every corner of Minnesota to thank...
December 18, 2000 January 16, 2001 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. PATH Meeting Room 2324 University Ave W, St. Paul Minnesota Citizens for the Arts has convened a Bonding Task Force to look at issues surrounding arts organizations’ requests to the...
11/10/00 Today at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis over 100 representatives of nonprofit, tax exempt organizations gathered to discuss proposals being floated by the MN Department of Revenue to impose new taxes on nonprofits. The proposals...
November 2, 2000 Nonprofit Coalition Packs Dept. of Revenue Meeting re: Taxation of Nonprofits Last week, the Dept. of Revenue held a public meeting to discuss tax reform proposals which could affect nonprofits. Over 250 nonprofit advocates...
October 25, 2000 IMPORTANT: NON-PROFIT TAXATION MEETING TOMORROW! Can You Send Someone to Attend? The Minnesota Department of Revenue is in the process of designing its tax reform proposal to be presented to the 2001 Minnesota Legislature. They...
October 13, 2000 Good News! Clinton Signs NEA Increase Into Law Bad News! Tax on Non-profits Considered By Ventura Administration NEA INCREASE: On Wednesday, President Clinton signed the FY01 Interior Appropriations bill into law, providing the...
September 21, 2000 NEA Wins Increase in Funding Bill IRA Rollover to Charity Bill Also Advances A House-Senate conference committee has approved an increase of $7 million for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in the negotiations over a...
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