A State Supreme Court ruling has effectively shut down the GOP from being able to operate in the chamber without Democrats present.

(AP Photo/Steve Karnowski) Minnesota House Democratic leaders Melissa Hortman and Jamie Long speak at a news conference on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, at the State Capitol in St. Paul, one day before the 2025 legislative session is due to convene. (AP Photo ...

The Supreme Court justices listened to oral arguments for more than an hour and are expected to issue a ruling quickly.

In a major victory for Minnesota House Democrats Friday, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that 68 House members must be present for a quorum, which means the lower chamber has had no official proceedings during a Democratic boycott.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) – Minnesota House Democrats have filed a lawsuit asking the Minnesota Supreme Court to find that Republicans’ attempt to elect a speaker and conduct business without them was unlawful because they lacked a quorum of members.

In a final attempt to avert the current legal and political battle for control of the Minnesota House, Democratic leader Melissa Hortman offered the GOP the speakership for two years, as well as the creation of an “oversight committee” with a majority of Republicans who would have been empowered to investigate the administration of DFL

Republican members, who a court ruled don’t have quorum, are expected to return again Tuesday. Unless at least one DFLer shows up it’ll be a repeat of Monday. Meanwhile, power sharing

House Republicans have elected a speaker but the DFL is asking the state Supreme Court to intervene. At issue is whether 67 seats are a majority or whether 68 are needed.

ST. PAUL (WJON News) -- There’s still no new power-sharing agreement between Republicans and Democrats in the Minnesota House. D-F-L Speaker-designate Melissa Hortman said she was ready to negotiate Friday after the Supreme Court ruled the G-O-P did not have the required 68 members for a quorum.

As House Republicans and the Senate introduce bills in session’s first week, Democrats talk priorities and hope for power-sharing

PAUL — Minnesota lawmakers ... made by House Leader Rep. Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, during a press conference held on Friday, Jan. 17. “In the Minnesota House, what you’re seeing ...

PAUL, Minn. (AP ... The top House Democrat, Melissa Hortman, of Brooklyn Park, conceded Friday that Minnesota's rules are “rather genteel” and probably don't allow the sergeant-at-arms ...