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...
by Chelsea Thompson | Jul 25, 2023 | Public Relations
Lately, we have been doing a lot of coalition building at K2. From finding advocates for congressional roundtables to talk about important health care issues, to putting on an event for a national hospitality coalition, there are numerous places where we’re helping...
