Feb 27, 2024
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...
Feb 27, 2024
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...
Feb 27, 2024
Minnesota Report It is interesting to learn about Minneapolis City Council Member Aisha Chughtai (Socialist, Mpls-W10) and Saint Paul City Council Member Mitra Jalali (Socialist, Ward-04) are calling for attendees to the DFL Caucuses to vote Uncommitted, rather than...
Feb 27, 2024
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...
Feb 12, 2024
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...
Feb 12, 2024
Minnesota Report In 2013, the DFL held Majority in both bodies of the legislature and in 2014, the voters punished them and set the House to the Minority. House members like to say it was caused by the building of the state Senate Office Building, but no you’re wrong....
Feb 12, 2024
Minnesota Report Now, everyone likes to get out of the cold in the winter, but is this really even winter? The idea of getting on a warm train or bus is always sought, but not to smoke your shit. To us its clear, the Fentanyl problem in the urban setting case be...
Feb 12, 2024
Minnesota Report Looking out a north facing window in the Minnesota State Office Building is like watching construction video. In addition to the earth moving for the foundation for the extension, we also saw the removal of the old Ford Building, which also is an...
Dec 6, 2023
Dominican Republic Report on Minnesota Well, not being in Minnesota for the Revenue Forecast might seem like a problem, but since it’s only a numerical report, which is available online, no biggie. I would have a replacement in Elize Bierbaum, if she would learn...
Nov 7, 2023
Minnesota Report If you view this article as anti-DFL you are sorely mistaken. We used to have a section called Words of Wisdom and this seems appropos. The Democratic Socialists (Democratic Socialists of America or Democratic Socialist Caucus endorsees) of any stripe...