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Dayton and Legislative Leaders Preview 2018 Session
Release Date:
02/13/2018
The "bonding session" is in the priority for the second year of the biennial legislative...
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Proposed Adjustments to the Census Undermine Goal of a Full and Inclusive Count
Release Date:
02/05/2018
Proposed tweaks and adjustments to the Census continue to undermine the goal of ensuring a full and inclusive count in the 2020 Census. The exact questions that are to be asked on the 2020 Census are being debated.
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Pushing for a Universal Charitable Deduction
Release Date:
01/30/2018
The recently-adopted federal tax reform law was not kind to charitable giving or philanthropy. In a series of visits last week with staff working for the Minnesota Congressional delegation, it was clear the negative consequence of reducing the...
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2020 Census Decisions Threaten to Undercount People of Color
Release Date:
01/30/2018
Undercounting people of color in the 2020 Census and higher costs are expected because of the Trump Administration’s failure to act on a new plan for counting race and ethnicity. The administration’s Office of Management and Budget dragged out...
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Charitable Sector Starting to Digest Tax Reform Implications
Release Date:
01/22/2018
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was passed in late December 2017 to be enacted in January 2018. With such a short window for implementation planning, everyone, including nonprofits and foundations, is scrambling to understand the large and small...
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State Disaster Assistance Fund Receives $10 Million
Release Date:
10/02/2017
Minnesota's disaster assistance contingency fund was replenished with a $10 million contribution on September...
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Public Safety Bill Addresses and Ignites Civic Conflict
Release Date:
05/23/2017
The legislature adopted a public safety funding bill that includes dollars to expand law enforcement training to improve culturally-relevant crisis response and conflict management and assistance. Importantly, the training includes addressing...
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State Disaster Assistance Fund Renewed
Release Date:
05/23/2017
Minnesota's disaster assistance contingency fund will be replenished by up to $10 million depending upon the amount of the budget...
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Federal Court Stalls Overtime Regs
Release Date:
11/29/2016
MCN issued an advisory today to help Minnesota nonprofits adjust to the recent preliminary injunction issued by a federal court in...
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Election Begs a Serious List to Rural Concerns
Release Date:
11/29/2016
Minnesota Congressman Collin Peterson's interview with the Washington Post about rural America and the 2016 election has caught fire in social media and been reprinted in papers around the country including the ...
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