Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison co-led a multistate coalition opposing a proposed IRS rule that could deny or revoke tax-exempt status for schools with racial nondiscrimination policies. The coalition argued the proposal would undermine civil-rights and equal-protection principles, burden donors and states, and violate the Administrative Procedure Act; the press release describes opposition, not an enforcement penalty or remedy.
This is not a privacy enforcement action, but educational institutions and charities should review donor agreements, scholarship-fund administration agreements, and grant documents for clauses preserving donor intent and specifying how restricted gifts are handled if eligibility rules or tax-exempt requirements change. Review nondiscrimination representations, change-in-law and compliance provisions, and procedures for consulting donors before modifying or redirecting charitable funds; vendors and customer agreements are not directly implicated by the described action.
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https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/11/06_Edu-Tax-Status.asp
20261030 multi state comment opposing irs nprm re tax exempt
https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/20261030-multi-state-comment-opposing-irs-nprm-re-tax-exempt-status-final.pdf
Minnesota Attorney General Enforcement Page
https://www.ag.state.mn.us/consumer/
"proposed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rule"
"20261030-multi-state-comment-opposing-irs-nprm-re-tax-exempt-status-final.pdf"
"federal Administrative Procedure Act"
"civil rights law and core equal-protection principles"
"under Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024) 603 U.S. 369."
"The proposed rule would allow the IRS to deny or revoke the tax exemption of certain K-12 schools, colleges, universities, or professional schools with policies that the Trump Administration politically disfavors."
Environmental and consumer protection enforcement action. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield led a coalition of 16 states in filing an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit against the IRS. The challenge contests a new IRS rule that removes a key pathway (5% investment test) for wind and solar projects to qualify for federal clean energy tax credits. The states argue the rule is unlawful, arbitrary, will increase energy costs for families and businesses, and undermine state clean energy goals and investments.
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The Minnesota Attorney General obtained a judgment against Ryan David Pietron and Affordable Home Remodeling, LLC, for deceiving homeowners, taking payment for renovation work that was not performed, and misrepresenting Pietron’s contractor licensing status. The judgment permanently bars them from Minnesota’s residential construction industry and orders restitution, civil penalties, and costs totaling $1,069,000.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and the attorneys general of New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington sued to block the federal government from conditioning Medicaid funding on states implementing new work requirements. The lawsuit argues that threatening to withhold all Medicaid funding is unconstitutional coercion; the press release describes requested relief, not a court ruling or penalty.
A federal court ruled that the Trump Administration unlawfully conditioned public-safety grants on states’ cooperation with immigration enforcement and permanently blocked implementation or enforcement of those conditions. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and a coalition of 23 states brought the lawsuit; the action concerns grant conditions, not privacy violations.
The Minnesota Attorney General issued an alert urging Medicare beneficiaries to review coverage options after insurers reduced or discontinued Medicare Advantage plans in Minnesota. The release describes no privacy enforcement action, monetary penalty, or remedy.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting New York’s authority to pursue a civil fraud case against Donald Trump and his business associates. The brief was filed in an appeal; the press release does not report a ruling, penalty, or remedy, and does not describe a privacy enforcement action.