The Minnesota Miracle legislation was passed in 1971, when the Conservatives (i.e., Republicans) controlled both the House and the Senate and a newly elected DFL governor, ...

Newly-elected Speaker of the House Lisa Demuth, right, receives the gavel from Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, left, during a House session at the state Capitol building in St. Paul ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz holds up a signed gun control bill at the state capitol on May 19. (Aaron Lavinsky/AP) You could be forgiven for imagining that state legislatures around the country are ...

The original “Minnesota Miracle” was a nickname given to reforms enacted in the early ’70s by a less conservative Republican Legislature and then-Democratic Governor Wendell Anderson.

The Minnesota miracle was indeed a devastating blow to the Democratic-Farmer-Labor leadership. Before the primary, the Minnesota organization was considered the brightest jewel in the new ...

That promise resulted in the “Minnesota Miracle.” He faced a legislature controlled by Conservatives,* and his plan to reform property taxes asked for a 37% increase in state spending.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, middle, signs a bill to legalize recreational marijuana for people over the age of 21, making Minnesota the 23rd state to do so, on May 30, 2023, in St. Paul, Minnesota ...

‘Minnesota Miracle’ upended by new Republican House speaker. Lisa Demuth is the first Republican woman and first Black person of either party to lead the chamber.