Coming up Friday at noon, a special broadcast of Politics Friday from the UBS Forum in St. Paul. MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst talks with two Minnesota House leaders. Then, two political ...

Hours after news of the arrest became public, Senate Republicans along with Republican Speaker of the House Lisa Demuth called for Eichorn to resign his seat. MPR News helps you turn down the ...

Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth has tried for months to schedule a one-on-one meeting with Gov. Tim Walz to no avail, even as the DFL governor traveled to other states for town halls and ...

Minnesota Senate Democrats, joint House and Gov. Tim Walz all target health budget, while House rules out education cuts.

Speaker Lisa Demuth, R-Cold Spring, said any tax or fee increases are nonstarters for Republicans, who must work with DFL lawmakers in a tied House to pass anything. "We can't do anything but look ...

GOP House Speaker Lisa Demuth, left, and House DFL Leader Melissa Hortman must work together to craft a budget in the evenly split chamber. (Renée Jones Schneider/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

Rep. Lisa Demuth, R-Cold Spring, shakes Rep. Melissa Hortman’s, DFL-Brooklyn Park, hand after being elected House speaker at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., on Thursday ...

“I kind of liken this to this legislative session 3.0,” Republican House Speaker Lisa Demuth said before the Monday afternoon House session. “You know we started with a tie, and then we went ...

Republican GOP Speaker Lisa Demuth swore Gottfried into office late Monday afternoon, leading to a round of applause in the chamber from Republicans and Democrats. Under the power-sharing ...