Minnesota House DFL, Steve Simon sue over Republican speaker election
The debate over whether Minnesota House Republicans acted lawfully when they elected a speaker is headed to the state Supreme ...
House DFL boycott enters third week as court ruling freezes Republicans from action
A State Supreme Court ruling has effectively shut down the GOP from being able to operate in the chamber without Democrats ...
GOP-led effort to expel DFL Sen. Mitchell fails in Minnesota Senate; House DFL boycott continues
An effort to expel embattled DFL Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell failed in the chamber on Monday. Republican Sen. Jordan ...
Minnesota House remains stalled with little progress in DFL-GOP power struggle
Republican state representatives are honoring a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling that the House must have 68 members present to ...
MinnPost1d
Legislative chaos goes bicameral: Mitchell issue returns to tied Senate; House can’t officially meet without DFL
The Senate DFL will regain control next week after a special election, and DFL and Republican House leaders are negotiating.
MN Supreme Court rules in favor of DFL, says House GOP did not have quorum at 67 votes
November's elections left the House in a 67-67 even split, but Democratic Curtis Johnson was ruled ineligible due to ...
Minnesota Supreme Court sides with DFL in struggle over House control
Under state law, the House must have 68 members present — a majority of the total 134 seats, the justices wrote.
Journal1d
DFL still no show for MN House
On Monday, the Minnesota House failed to achieve a quorum necessary to conduct business for the third week in a row. Rep. Paul Torkelson (R-Hanska) said Monday’s session went exactly as expected.
MinnPost4d
After calling Minnesota House ‘dysfunctional,’ Supreme Court rules in DFL’s favor
Justices said a quorum is 68 members, meaning there are not enough Republican House members to do business unless DFLers show ...
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MN Supreme Court sides with DFL in Minnesota House Quorum lawsuit
The state Supreme Court is siding with the D-F-L and Secretary of State Steve Simon on what constitutes a quorum in the ...
DFL members, secretary of state petition state Supreme Court over Republican actions at Minnesota House
In a petition to the Supreme Court, Democrats in the state House accuse Republicans of acting "unlawfully" when they ...
KSTP-TV7d
GOP says DFL lawsuits in Supreme Court not appropriate to settle legislative scuffle
House Democrats and Simon have until 9 a.m. Wednesday to file a reply to the GOP brief. The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on Thursday afternoon.