Negotiations between House DFL and GOP leaders failed to reach a deal before the Legislature convened at noon Tuesday.

Republicans have maintained that their actions are lawful, including the election of Lisa Demuth as House speaker.

Depending upon how you view a situation, you could say that Tuesday’s Opening Day for the House of Representatives found the chamber either half full or half empty.

House Republicans plan to fully exercise their rights as the majority on the first day of the 2025 legislative session, but House DFLers plan to not be in the Capitol if a power-sharing agreement isn’t in place.

A writ of special election was issued Friday that sets Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025 as the date for a special election to fill the District 40B House seat.

After a whirlwind bid for vice president, Walz returns to Minnesota and reflects on what went wrong for Democrats in November.

Disagreement over the Senate membership of a Democratic lawmaker arrested for burglary earlier this year bubbled up again Tuesday as legislative leaders prepare for the 2025 session.

A panel discussion Tuesday revealed few real examples of how bipartisanship might play out with a tied House.

The 134-seat Minnesota House of Representatives appears as though it will be evenly divided during the 2025-26 biennium.

On the first day of 2026, a state-run insurance program is scheduled to begin providing Minnesota workers with up to 20 weeks per year of paid time off to deal with family or medical issues.

There are weeks, and then there are weeks like this one, when the phrase “Thank God it’s Friday” rings especially true.

State money could fund overtime, subs while teachers learn how to use new phonics-centric reading curriculum.