Texas cancer agency's nonprofit defends privacy
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A nonprofit foundation that helps boost executive salaries at the state’s embattled $3 billion cancer-fighting effort is defending its decision to keep the names of private donors...
View ArticleAmerican Cancer Society backs reeling CPRIT
AUSTIN — Texas’ troubled $3 billion cancer-fighting effort is worth saving, the American Cancer Society and other leading nonprofits told a key legislative committee Tuesday before its members backed...
View ArticleOther Views: Political groups shouldn't be tax exempt
Political groups shouldn’t be tax exemptLet’s stipulate it’s totally uncool for IRS agents to single out tea party groups for extra scrutiny. But let’s also stipulate it’s totally absurd for tea party...
View ArticleConflicting laws, IRS confusion reign in all corners of Washington
WASHINGTON — A century of laws and rules curbing political activity by tax-exempt organizations has left us with this: One statute says to qualify, groups must engage “exclusively” in social welfare...
View ArticleIRS also delayed action on progressive groups
WASHINGTON — Leaders of progressive groups say they, too, faced long delays in getting the Internal Revenue Service to approve their applications tax-exempt status but were not subjected to the same...
View ArticleIRS pushes to rein in tax-exempt political groups
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration Tuesday launched a bid to rein in the use of tax-exempt groups for political campaigning.The effort is an attempt to reduce the role of loosely regulated big-money...
View ArticleOther Views: Latest IRS political crackdown
Latest IRS political crackdownThe Obama Administration doesn’t lack for nerve or, more to the point, disdain for the law. Even as investigations continue into the IRS targeting of conservative...
View ArticleNew Obama birth control fixes for religious groups, female employees
WASHINGTON — Seeking to quell a politically charged controversy, the Obama administration announced new measures Friday to allow religious nonprofits and some companies to opt out of paying for birth...
View ArticleNew birth control fixes for religious groups
WASHINGTON — Seeking to quell a politically charged controversy, the Obama administration announced new measures Friday to allow religious nonprofits and some companies to opt out of paying for birth...
View ArticleTexas panel considers political donation rule
AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Ethics Commission has moved forward with a measure to out secret campaign donors despite a pending federal lawsuit by a conservative group over whether the commission has the...
View ArticleIce bucket challenge may change nonprofit world
Ice bucket challenge jolts nonprofit world NEW YORK — The ice bucket challenge’s phenomenal success is making other charitable organizations rethink how they connect with a younger generation of...
View ArticleGroup backing Clinton gets $1 million from untraceable donors
WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton told a cheering crowd at her largest rally so far that “the endless flow of secret, unaccountable money” must be stopped. Two weeks later, the main super PAC backing...
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