by Chelsea Thompson | Apr 10, 2025 | Politics, Public Affairs
Minnesota likes to be different. We think we’re better, smarter, and prefer to do things our own way. While that can be a good thing, it can also create real shockwaves in the public affairs arena. From local policies being advanced by city and county elected...
by Chelsea Thompson | Feb 14, 2025 | Politics, Public Affairs
A DFL legislator boycott, a handful of Supreme Court cases, and countless new stories later – we made it! House Republicans and Democrats finally struck a power sharing deal. Now that it’s back to business as usual in St. Paul, what does that mean for the rest...
by Chelsea Thompson | Jan 10, 2025 | Politics, Public Affairs
What should business groups, trade associations, non-profits and anyone with a vested interest in Minnesota expect from the 2025 legislative session? I spent almost a decade at the Minnesota Legislature, so when lobbyists, legislators and anyone who even remotely...
by Chelsea Thompson | Apr 25, 2024 | Public Relations
Whether you’re watching MSNBC or Fox News, or reading the Huffington Post or the Washington Examiner, there are cries across the political spectrum that America is becoming more and more polarized. Part of that polarization, whether fully real or sensationalized for...
by Chelsea Thompson | Jan 6, 2024 | Public Relations
What do recreational marijuana, paid family leave, sports team license plates and universal school meals have in common? They are all laws that passed during the jam-packed 2023 Minnesota legislative session. Now with the 2024 session just around the corner, that may...
