The move is the latest development in a bitter power dispute in the chamber, which prompted DFL lawmakers to boycott the start of the session. At issue is the definition of quorum, or the minimum ...

The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party will have a majority in the Minnesota Senate once again after their candidate won a special ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — DFL members of the Minnesota House of Representatives followed through on a vow to boycott the opening day of the 2025 legislative session, amid an ongoing power struggle with ...

Over the first two weeks of the Minnesota legislative session, the Senate operated under a “power-sharing” agreement because Democrats and Republicans were tied 33-33 after the death of DFL ...

Thursday morning, leaders of the Minnesota DFL and GOP announced details of their power-sharing agreement reached in the House of Representatives on Wednesday night, ending a weeks-long stalemate.

“Once the speaker election is done, it cannot be undone, so the only negotiating power I have right now is to deny a quorum,” Melissa Hortman, the House DFL leader, told MPR News Monday morning.

Operating on that interpretation, they elected their caucus leader, Rep. Lisa Demuth, R-Cold Spring, soon after DFL Secretary of State Steve Simon had moved to adjourn the House which he ruled ...