Quite a tangled mess we've got over there in the Minnesota House of Representatives, isn't it?
Democrats are still no-shows in the chamber as Republicans hold committee meetings and more or less run it as business as usual. But does anything the GOP do actually count? That's to be determined as the state Supreme Court considers the party's argument in the fight over whether the chamber has a quorum and can function without any Democrats in attendance.
How will the court rule?
Chief Justice Natalie Hudson called both sides' arguments "reasonable," so to quote one of our business editors, "who's to say?"
Politics reporter Rochelle Olson has that story in one of the links below.
We also have a primer on one of the races that tossed the Minnesota House into turmoil. The boundaries for a district representing Roseville were redrawn in 2022, placing the DFL's endorsed candidate, Curtis Johnson,"on the wrong side of Rice Street" as one politician put it.
A judge agreed with that sentiment. Politics reporters Ryan Faircloth and Briana Bierschbach have a detailed look at the fallout of that decision as they ask lawmakers and party leaders: Could this all have been avoided?
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