Minnesota’s Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday on whether the state House of Representatives can continue to operate with only 67 Republican members present as Democratic-Farmer-Labor ...
It’s been nine days since the legislative session began and still no Democrat House members have shown up at the Capitol. The house was set to be exactly equal but a DFL win was thrown out over ...
The disarray in the non-functioning Minnesota House of Representatives comes down to five words in the state Constitution: “A majority in each house,” state Solicitor General Liz Kramer told the ...
At issue before the court is whether the current 67 Republican members constitute a quorum needed for the Minnesota House to do business.
The Supreme Court justices listened to oral arguments for more than an hour and are expected to issue a ruling quickly.
A partisan standoff in the Minnesota House of Representatives is now in the hands of the Minnesota Supreme Court. Justices on Thursday heard oral arguments from both sides of the ongoing issue of how ...
The power struggle that’s jammed the Minnesota House of Representatives since Day 1 at the Capitol may be resolved soon by the Minnesota Supreme Court.
At the root of the cases before the justices is a question of whether 67 lawmakers is enough for a quorum when there's a ...
Jan. 12, leaders from the Senate DFL and Republican caucuses announced a historic organizing agreement to govern the work of the Senate while it exists with a 33 – 33 tie. The agreement passed as a ...
Without an agreement between House GOP leader Lisa Demuth -- speaker of the House in the eyes of the GOP members -- and former DFL House Speaker Melissa Hortman, the boycott likely will not end, ...
Secretary of State Steve Simon and House Democrats have asked the Minnesota Supreme Court to intervene in the partisan power struggle that kicked off the 2025 legislative session. Meanwhile, a ...