Misclassification Fraud

Minnesota Report On Monday, Attorney General Keith Ellison (DFL-MN), Rep Emma Greenman (DFL-63B, Minneapolis), Sen. Clare Oumou Verbeten (DFL-66, St Paul) and Department of Labor and Industry Commissioner Nicole Blissenbach held a press conference about employer...

Wanted Julie Blaha

Minnesota Report While strolling down University Avenue, near Hamline we saw the following Wanted poster affixed to a Metro Transit Bus Shelter and thought it warranted attention. The organization calling for this is the Anti-War Committee, which is identifying the...

The 2024 February Revenue Forecast and the Debt Capacity Forecast

Minnesota Report The numbers of the 2024 February Revenue Forecast provide a favorable outcome for the Governor Tim Walz (DFL-MN) Administration. As stated in the summary on the MMB website, “Minnesota’s budget and economic outlook has improved since November. The...

February 2024 Revenue Forecast

Minnesota Report Thursday at 8:30 am, the media will learn the final amount projected for the remainder of the 2024-25 Budget. Back on December 6th, the amount projected was $2.4 billion, which was up $808 million from the end-of-session estimate, hence a surplus. The...

EMS/FFA Day at the Capitol

Minnesota Report Yesterday, the State Capitol saw a descent of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers and Future Farmers of America (FFA) students. The issues in the EMS community are quite significant and the pressures on the system especially in Greater...

Rural Broadband

Minnesota Report In 2020, when US Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced the securing of money for rural broadband, the future of life in greater Minnesota looked more promising, and relates to the story above regard the various service needs...

Continuing Issues with Uber/Lyft

Minnesota Report We are not surprised to hear about the continuing problems in compensation with drivers for Uber/Lyft, especially when that legislation was the only piece vetoed by Governor Tim Walz in 2023. In 2019, our publisher Shawn Towle was involved with a...

Revisiting A Safe Place for Newborns

Minnesota Report One issue Checks & Balances played a pivotal role in was the legislation entitled “A Safe Place for Newborns”. As the legislation, met with fits and starts in the final instance what we said we thought was logical and worthwhile was what the...

Checks & Balances at 35

Minnesota Report We would like to note as the legislative session opens, Minnesota’s first digital political magazine, Checks & Balances enters its 34 legislative session and is experiencing its 35th year of existence. Our site is the location of the first paid...