Lawmakers passed a $425 million bill to finance the state's struggling emergency shelter system that also implemented a new cap on families and changed the qualifications for them to stay.

Representatives have about three dozen amendments to consider Thursday afternoon when they take up the first substantive legislation of the term, a $425 million mini-budget meant to both fund the emergency shelter program and make large-scale changes to the state’s response to family homelessness.

Minnesota House Democrats have returned to the state Capitol after reaching a power-sharing agreement with Republicans, ending a stalemate that prevented the chamber from conducting business for more than three weeks.

Republicans and Democrats in the Minnesota House have reached a "power sharing agreement" ending the Democrats' weeks-long boycott of the legislative session.

Democrats agreed to let a Republican take the speakership of the Minnesota House after a weekslong fight over control of the chamber.

House Democratic leaders are set to hold a press conference Thursday afternoon as criticism mounts over President Trump’s efforts to overhaul the federal government. Democrats have recently

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham told reporters on Wednesday that he expects to begin marking up a budget resolution that will also direct committees to find offsets for the new spending with hopes of Senate action in coming weeks.

A new Congress and a new presidential administration places both parties back at square one – and Republicans have an abundantly clear upper hand.