On Monday, the Senate will be taking up the State Employee Contract and Pensions. We understand there is a deal on this issue including with House Speaker Kurt Daudt (R-31A, Crown), but as we stated in the previous article on MNLARS we expect there will be drama in...
Former Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) sent out the following email to past supporters and he highlights a number of ideas and asks for people to declare their support by Sunday. We expect this means there is some type of announcement set for next week. He calls into...
We will argue, next to a specific campaign, Checks & Balances is the best place to find out where things stand in an endorsement contest. The reason is clear, campaigns like to spin, i.e. Jim Niland. We then talk to the campaigns, take their information into...
US Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) along with US Senator John Kennedy (R-LA), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are putting pressure on Chairman US Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to take action and call Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg before the committee. Zuckerberg...
There is a reoccurring theme being discussed in DFL quarters and it is whether or not the US Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) campaign is being run out of Washington DC by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC). This is akin to Central Casting writing formulaic...
