Rep. Lisa Demuth became Minnesota’s first Black female House Speaker, sworn in by the state's first Black Senate President, ...

Lisa Demuth made Minnesota history as the first female Republican and first Black person to hold the position.

Under a new power-sharing deal, Demuth will be speaker at least through next year. She spoke with MPR News host Cathy Wurzer.

The Minnesota House is meeting for the first time after DFL lawmakers ended their boycott of this year's session. A ...

Dan Wolgamott, DFL-St. Cloud, and his DFL colleagues, who aren’t attending Minnesota House of Representatives meetings. Wolgamott told the St. Cloud Times he is joining the DFL boycott until a ...

State Rep. Dean Urdahl, R-Acton Township, took his 10th oath of office in the Minnesota House of Representatives Tuesday, Jan. 5, as the 92nd Legislature was installed at the Capitol. Urdahl was ...

It follows a weeks-long holdout by Democrats who had not stepped foot into the Capitol since the legislative session began ...

A North Dakota bill to automatically seal certain court records cleared ... the bill and forwarding the matter to the full House of Representatives, according to Legislative records.

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) reintroduced a bill on Jan. 21 to ban sulfide-ore copper mining in the Boundary Waters ...

The bald eagle officially became the symbol of the U.S. after centuries of being recognized as one. The bald eagle’s flight ...

The Minnesota Supreme Court could rule any day or any minute in a pair of cases that could uproot the power structure in the State House of Representatives. In a state where Democrats have ...

Mary Lahammer covers ongoing battle over MN ... THE HOUSE G.O.P. RIGHT NOW IS SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO IGNORE THE COURT OPINION, IGNORE THE VOTERS OF SHAKOPEE AND KICK OUT REPRESENTATIVE BRAD ...