During a legislative session that has already proven historic, it was another eventful week at the state capitol.

Lisa Demuth got her start in public service after a school board election failed to draw enough candidates; now she’s speaker ...

Bloomington police say state Sen. Justin Eichorn, R-Grand Rapids, was arrested around 6 p.m. Monday for allegedly soliciting ...

Lawmakers will consider the spending plan as they prepare budgets of their own. They have to write a proposal that can ...

I have nothing against a focus on landmark achievements. Republican Lisa Demuth, the first Black speaker of the Minnesota ...

Melissa Hortman’s, DFL-Brooklyn Park, hand after being elected House speaker at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn ...

By Dana Ferguson A Democrat and a Republican, flanked by a crowd of Minnesota students, touted their bill last week to create ...

A Minnesota Republican state senator was charged on Wednesday for soliciting a minor, according federal prosecutors.

A career in politics wasn't what Minnesota House of Representatives Rep. Lisa Demuth had expected, but a dinner table conversation shifted her trajectory. Demuth's political journey began when she ...

Representative David Gottfried was sworn in on Monday afternoon. Gottfried’s confirmation puts the DFL at 67 votes, enough to ...

That’s about to change with a history-making new Republican House speaker. Rep. Lisa Demuth will be both the first Republican woman to preside over the chamber and the first Black person of ...