A series of unexpected events after the narrow election has set up a power struggle in the Minnesota Legislature. Days before the legislative session kicks off, it's unclear who will take control.

The Minnesota Legislature will kick off the 2025 legislative session on Tuesday. Or maybe not. Tight margins and historic acrimony between the two parties has cast uncertainty over who’s going to be in charge for the next two years and whether legislators can do any business at all pending a pair of special elections slated for late January.

A showdown over a quorum in the Minnesota House of Representatives could be headed for recall petitions against DFL lawmakers who don't show up when the legislative session begins on Tuesday.

(ABC 6 News) – Elgin Mayor Tim Boardman passed away Friday, according to a Facebook post by the city. In Nov. 2024, Boardman was re-elected to serve a second term as the city’s mayor.

A major power dispute has erupted at the Minnesota State Capitol, jeopardizing the Jan. 14 start of the legislative session.

Looming special elections and a partisan fight over control of the state House are creating a potentially chaotic and unprecedented first weeks of the 2025 Legislature.

"Minnesotans voted for a tied House, and Democrats are ready to honor the will of the voters," Hortman stated. "This dispute can be resolved before session starts, but first Republican Leader Demuth needs to return to the negotiating table.”

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KEYC) - The Minnesota House is headed for a chaotic start to the session, if it starts at all. Republicans plan to take a majority on the first day of the legislative session. DFL’ers will be down a member to start the year, at least until a special election can be held to fill a vacancy.

Hopes for bipartisan comity at the state Capitol this year — forced upon the Minnesota House by the voters, who sent 67 Democrats and 67 Republicans to the Capitol — are already crashing. House Democrats are mulling not showing up for the first two weeks of the legislative session to prevent the chamber from achieving a

The Minnesota Republican Party on Monday will discuss its petition related to a special election planned for a State House of Representatives seat in District 40B.

Minnesota state legislative session will be underway before special elections are held later in January to sort out vacant seats -- one in each chamber.

Minnesota Republicans filed a petition to the state Supreme Court Monday, hoping to delay a special election. The authors of the petition — the Republican Party of Minnesota and two members of ...