House Republicans pass a budget cutting $2 trillion, including Medicaid funds, opposed by Minnesota's State Senator Boldon.

That’s about to change with a history-making new Republican House speaker. Rep. Lisa Demuth will be both the first Republican woman to preside over the chamber and the first Black person of either party to wield the gavel in St.

A Republican-backed bill before the Minnesota House aimed at opening more records at the state attorney general’s office failed on party lines Thursday in the chamber’s first floor vote of the legislative session.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Republican authored House bill would change certain regulations for the childcare industry, a move they argue would lower childcare costs in Minnesota. Hanska Rep. Paul Torkelson says the bill isn’t perfect but does help address issues facing childcare in the state.

The U.S. House on Tuesday, Feb. 25, passed a budget proposal that includes $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and $2 trillion in reduced federal spending over a decade. Among the proposals in the budget to accomplish these tax breaks and spending reductions are proposed cuts to Medicaid and a potential gutting of the Affordable Care Act,

More than a dozen Republican state legislators warned U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer and other Minnesota party members in Congress against making deep Medicaid cuts, writing in a pointed letter that “this is contrary to how we Republicans respect the aged and the vulnerable.