Apr 1, 2020
National Report Minnesotans over the age of 40 will remember the Jesse Checks sent out after the 1999 Budget Surplus and the 1/3,1/3,1/3 Budget Deal. Because it was a unique event the ability to brand the onetime event by Governor Jesse Ventura (R-MN) was not all that...
Apr 1, 2020
National Report As we are hearing pleas across the nation for more Personal Protective Equipment (PPE’s) and ventilators from first responders and other medical personal, we are also hearing a message of you’re on your own from the Donald J Trump (R) Administration....
Mar 25, 2020
Minnesota Report The “Emergency Executive Order 20-20 Directing Minnesotans to Stay at Home I, Tim Walz, Governor of the State of Minnesota, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and applicable statutes, issue the following Executive Order: The...
Mar 25, 2020
Minnesota Report The Senate is planning to vote on additional COVID-related legislation on Thursday, March 26 at 2 pm. Efforts to maintain the guidelines from the CDC and MDH means this floor session will look different than normal. Below is an outline of how things...
Mar 24, 2020
National Report This is happening worldwide, in Washington DC, in our state Capitols, in every branch of government and in our businesses and homes. The rhetoric is clear we are all in this together, but it is the content of our character that will determine how we...
Mar 24, 2020
National Report House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA06) is in a uniquely favorable position in this time of crisis, because Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (D-KY) is unable to advance items off of the Senate floor due to the self-quarantine of fine Republican US...
Mar 24, 2020
Minnesota Report As Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) starts a self-imposed fourteen-day quarantine, due to a member of his security detail contracting the Coronavirus/Covid-19. He also expected between 40-80 percent of the state’s population will be infected until the virus...
Mar 16, 2020
Minnesota Report On Sunday, the following statement was released by the legislative leadership regarding their response to the Covid-19, coronavirus and its affects on legislative procedures. Statement from House & Senate leaders regarding legislative...
Mar 16, 2020
Minnesota Report On Sunday, Governor Tim Walz (DFL-MN) declared peacetime emergency and he with Commissioners of Education Mary Catherine Ricker¸ Health Jan Malcolm and Employment and Economic Development Steve Grove held a unusual Sunday Press Conference broadcast...
Mar 16, 2020
Minnesota Report Ever since our inception on December 8, 1995, Check & Balances has encouraged lobbyists and lobbying effort to construct web-based lobbying campaigns. The reason being, another mechanism to express the various points of an organization, group,...
