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Minnesota House DFL leaders lay out legislative agenda amid ongoing dispute with Republicans
On Friday at PICA Head Start Training Center in Minneapolis, Democratic leaders laid out their agenda for the session amid an ongoing power dispute with Republicans​ over who can and should control the chamber.
Minnesota Democrats sue House Republicans over ‘unlawful’ session
Minnesota legislative battle shifted to the state Supreme Court on Wednesday. Minnesota House Democrats and Secretary of State Steve Simon separately asked the court to nullify the Republicans’ actions on the first day of session Tuesday when the GOP convened and elected a speaker without the DFLers present.
Minnesota House DFL announces session priorities during boycott
As House Republicans and the Senate introduce bills in session’s first week, Democrats talk priorities and hope for power-sharing
Minnesota House Democrats sue Republicans; GOP continues session
In their lawsuit, House Democrats say Republicans unlawfully organized and elected a speaker on the legislative session’s opening day.
Minnesota Leaders Seek Deal to Avert Democratic Boycott in State House
Minnesota's House Democrats boycotted the opening session of 2025 to prevent Republicans from using a temporary majority to elect a speaker.
Minnesota state House Democrats stage boycott amid fight over chamber control
Democrats in Minnesota’s state House staged a boycott on Tuesday, walking out and not showing up for the first day of the legislative session in defiance over how the chamber will be divided. When
Minnesota House Democrats work from afar as GOP convenes sessions without them
Judy Moe walked into a Richfield Caribou Coffee on Wednesday morning ready to air grievances and advocate for disability rights with her state representative, presenting him with a copy of a printed agenda she created for the 45-minute meeting titled “Meeting with State Rep.
Is Minnesota House GOP ignoring the courts in dispute over Tabke’s seat? Not really
The House, not the courts, have the power to decide election challenges, according to Minnesota state law and the constitution.
Minnesota’s Legislative Session Opens Chaotically as House Democrats Boycott
A one-seat Republican majority in the Statehouse and a looming special election made for a tense start to a new era of ...
Democrats boycott first day of Minnesota House session but GOP votes to appoint speaker anyway
House Democrats have boycotted the opening day of Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session in an effort to stop Republicans from ...
Minnesota Supreme Court says Walz must delay special election, extending GOP’s House advantage
The state Supreme Court ruled Friday in a decision that will extend Republicans’ advantage in a power struggle with Democrats in the House by granting them another month with a one-seat ...
MN House Republicans override Simon, declare a quorum [RAW]
After Secretary of State Steve Simon sent the House into recess after saying there wasn't a quorum presence, the 67 ...
Minnesota Democrats ask state Supreme Court to resolve state House power struggle
Democrats have asked the Minnesota Supreme Court to intervene in a partisan power struggle that has roiled the start of the ...