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Like a diva performer who went on late but still earned a standing ovation, the Save Our Stages relief effort led by Minneapolis music venue First Avenue was finally greenlit over the weekend as part of the COVID-19 federal stimulus bill.
Final approval was still pending Monday evening, but all signs pointed to the bill passing with $15 billion dedicated to aid independently owned music venues, performance spaces and movie theaters across the nation that have gone dark in the pandemic.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., who co-authored the Save Our Stages Act in July with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, invoked the words of home-state icon Bob Dylan to voice support for the legislation Monday on the Senate floor.
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