Tag: Lisa Demuth
State Republicans ask DOJ to investigate Walz administration’s ‘continuous inaction’ on...
Minnesota Republicans are asking the Department of Justice to step in and investigate “the growing fraud in our state,” according to a letter sent...
Demuth elected speaker as DFLers appear on House floor after three-week...
Lisa Demuth had already been elected speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives once this legislative session. But on Thursday, that designation was made official, as enough...
Deal reached to end Minnesota House standoff
The DFL’s three-week boycott of the legislative session will come to an end this week after party leaders agreed on terms for organizing the...
Minnesota Republicans sue secretary of state, saying he ‘seized control’ of...
Minnesota House Republicans filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Steve Simon Thursday, saying he has “seized unilateral control” of the chamber.
"Secretary Simon is...
Republicans say Simon ignored motion to compel absent DFL legislators to...
Could another legal battle be brewing over establishing a quorum in the Minnesota House of Representatives?
On Monday, all 67 Republican members of the House...
Minnesota Supreme Court sides with Democrats, says 68 House members is...
In a blow to Republicans, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that the presence of 68 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives is required...
Minnesota Supreme Court hears arguments over quorum lawsuit
Attorneys for Secretary of State Steve Simon and House DFL leadership made their case before the state’s top court on Thursday as co-petitioners in a...
Republicans ask Minnesota Supreme Court to dismiss House Democrats’ quorum lawsuit
A rematch between attorneys who represented opposing sides in a 2023 lawsuit to remove then-presidential candidate Donald Trump from the Minnesota ballot is set...
‘Budgeting tricks’: Walz pitches .075% sales tax cut, but wants to...
Gov. Tim Walz made a 0.075% cut to the state sales tax rate the “shiny object” of his nearly $66 billion two-year budget proposal he unveiled at...
House Democrats, secretary of state ask Supreme Court to intervene in...
State Democrats believe that the actions taken by their Republican colleagues during the opening day of the legislative session “were improper and unlawful” and...