If the budget standoff continues through the end of this month at the Minnesota Capitol, there will be a state government shutdown on July 1 — the first time that's happened since 2011.

Minnesota's House Democrats boycotted the opening session of 2025 to prevent Republicans from using a temporary majority to elect a speaker.

GOP and DFL leaders are expressing confidence about the state of their negotiations, but they are five days past the initial date they hoped to wrap up those conversations and strike a deal.

Lawmakers in Minnesota Strike Deal, Ending Democrats’ Boycott Democrats agreed to let a Republican take the speakership of the Minnesota House after a weekslong fight over control of the chamber.

Minnesota State leaders announced a bipartisan state budget agreement on Thursday morning, setting the stage for a jam-packed final few days of the legislative session.

ST PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and leaders of the divided legislature have reached an agreement on a budget deal, which will help guide lawmakers as they attempt to complete the next ...

Jun. 6—By Nathaniel Minor, Star Tribune (TNS) MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota's narrowly divided Legislature have struck a deal on the state budget and will return to St. Paul on ...

After the election, party leaders negotiated a power-sharing deal working on the assumption that the House would be tied 67-67.

A deal struck Wednesday night and outlined Thursday will put Republican Representative Lisa Demuth in the speaker’s chair but give Democrats some of what they wanted.

A nearly four-week standoff in the Minnesota House was headed toward an end Thursday under a deal that gives Republicans working control of the floor and committees for at least a month but allows ...