Support amendment to fix health care reform issue! Please call your State Senator by this Thursday to support amendment #13 put forth by Senator Michael Moore- for S.2260 An Act Improving the quality of health care This amendment fixes a problem the Artists Health Care Working Group identified years ago in the 2006 MA...
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First Night Worcester is seeking an Executive Director who is a strategic thinker with a passion for the arts. S/he will be responsible for general operational, administrative and financial management of the organization. The Executive Director is responsible for overall operations, fundraising, finance and budgeting, marketing and communications. Working closely with the Board of...
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It’s a sad day for Kansas. And for all rural and avant-garde arts organizations. Arts Outposts Stung by Cuts in State Aid: “Financial aid to local arts groups has dropped 42 percent in the last decade, according to the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback vetoed the entire budget for...
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New IRS 1099 reporting requirement repealed by Obama! As part of the National Health Care Reform Law, there was a change in IRS 1099 reporting that would have required every self-employed person, or small business and nonprofit of any size, to report via 1099 form not only those they pay over $600 for a...
Read more →The Massachusetts Creative Economy Council (CEC) released its mid-year report to the Massachusetts State Legislature on September 3rd: CEC_Report09.pdf. Members of the Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition have been attending all the public meetings of the CEC. Due to MALC attending all the CEC meetings and our advocacy for individual artists of all disciplines to...
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