The complaint filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings says Senate Republicans used public funds to print partisan literature that was distributed at Republican precinct caucuses last week. State law prohibits using taxpayer money for any campaign purposes.

The Obama campaign in Minnesota said Monday morning that it would unveil a list of participants in a so-called Truth Team.

The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board has dismissed a complaint alleging reporting violations by Sen. Dave Thompson. Earlier this month the Minnesota DFL Party filed a complaint against the GOP legislator arguing that $70,000 in payments from the state Republican Party should have been disclosed in a public filing.

Minnesota DFL Party chair Ken Martin has filed a complaint with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board against Sen. Dave Thompson for failing to disclose income he received from the state Republican Party.

Leaders and activists in the Republican Party of Minnesota haven’t had much time to think about elections lately. In a whirlwind series of events, the party lost its chairman, deputy chairman and secretary/treasurer in the span of three months amid mounting questions about the party’s finances.

DFL Party Chair Ken Martin will be joined by a new finance director, Berrett Gall, coordinated campaign manager Mackenzie Taylor and communication staffers Kate Monson and Carlie Waibel.

Gov. Mark Dayton’s executive order aiming to allow some in-home day care providers to join a union could prove to be the unintended impetus for anti-labor bills during the 2012 session.

Analysts say the maps make clear that 2012 is the year the state will finally to be forced to deal with population shifts that have been decades in the making.

A day after Common Cause's motion to participate in the suit, Republicans registered their own complaints, objecting to the move.

A fundraiser for former Eagan Mayor Mike Maguire at Mancini's Char House & Lounge in St. Paul is slated for this evening. Maguire is seeking the DFL nomination to take on freshman GOP Sen. Ted Daley.