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.

Rep. Lisa Demuth, representing Cold Spring, has been sworn-in as both the first Republican woman and person of color to be ...

A man extradited from Canada was arraigned on human smuggling charges Thursday in the case of a 33-year-old pregnant woman ...

Under the Minnesota deal, House Democrats received GOP assurances that they will not try to unseat a Democrat who won ...

Meanwhile, the Minnesota Senate has returned to a 34-33 Democratic majority after three weeks of operating relatively ...

They then voted to elect their top member, former Minority Leader Lisa Demuth, of Cold Spring, as speaker, a move that Democrats immediately denounced as an “unlawful sham with no legal ...

NOTO showcased a special collection of art curated for the 164th Kansas Day of Statehood, Wednesday evening. NOTO and the ...

Art is therapeutic, and Catherine Posey says that creating art is one way survivors of the Holocaust made it through a ...

A relentless environmental warrior, Lisa D. Watson seeks balance between urbanization and conservation in artworks and ...

House GOP Leader Rep. Lisa Demuth, R-Cold Spring, is sworn in after being voted in by only Republicans as speaker on the first day of the 2025 Legislature. Democrats' desks were empty in protest.

The Minnesota Supreme Court sided with Democrats on Friday in a power struggle with Republicans that the chief justice said had left the state House of Representatives ''completely dysfunctional.'' ...