There appears to be some movement, albeit slow, toward Republicans and Democrats resolving their stalemate in the Minnesota House of Representatives.
This comes as the 2025 Minnesota legislative session enters its third week in St. Paul.
So far, House Democrats have not shown up at the state capitol building over the lack of a power sharing agreement with Republicans.
This comes as the GOP holds a 67-66 edge in the House with one seat still open.
DFL House Leader Melissa Hortman told WCCO radio's Blois Olson on the Sunday Take that she's been in communication with Republican leader Lisa Demuth this weekend.
Hortman outlined terms that she and Demuth spoke of in November about power sharing.
"What we decided was, the only way to have a functional House of Representatives, where we can get things done together, is to have tied committees with co-chairs, and to have a co-speakership model," Hortman said. "That way, with trading the gavel every single day, it's true shared power."
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a quorum in the House is 68 members after Republicans had claimed it was 67.
With Democrats absent, Republicans elected Demuth speaker and set up key leadership posts.
The only undecided race is in the northern metro, where the Democrat who won the seat in November refused to take the oath of office because of residency issues.
"We're in this situation because they ran a candidate illegally," Republican state Rep. Krista Robbins, also on WCCO's Sunday Take. "Now we have to wait for a special election, which now won't happen until March 17. If they don't come to work before March 17, it will make it really hard to meet the deadline putting together a budget by May 19."
House Democrats have stayed away from the capitol working in their districts over fears that Republicans would oust Rep. Brad Tabke.
Tabke won his race in the southern metro by 14 votes, the margin of victory upheld by the courts despite 21 votes being discarded before they were counted.
Aaron Paul lost that race, and has said he would not contest the court ruling that upholds Tabke's victory.
The special election for the open seat is expected to take place in March, which follows state guidelines.
Gov. Walz had scheduled the special election for next week, but the state supreme court invalidated that decision.