Bruce Ringstrom, Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell’s attorney, is arguing the state has not identified the crime committed in her alleged burglary case.

The jury trial on her burglary charge was scheduled to start Jan. 27. Now it will happen after the legislative session ends in May.

A vote for a motion to expel embattled DFL Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell failed in the chamber on Monday.

Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, on the Senate floor on May 1, 2024. Photo by Michelle Griffith/Minnesota Reformer.

As the Minnesota Senate’s power-sharing agreement approaches its end, Republicans took a swing at unseating Democrat Sen.

ST PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Senate Republicans failed Monday in a bid to expel DFL State Sen. Nicole Mitchell as she faces ...

The Senate vote was 33-33 on whether to consider on the motion to expel Mitchell. Motions die in the event of a tie so it was blocked.

Lawyers for DFL state Sen. Nicole Mitchell filed a motion Friday that seeks to postpone her Becker County burglary trial until late spring, citing case law that allows legal proceedings to be ...

A Becker County judge recently granted Mitchell's request to delay her jury trial until after the 2025 legislative session is ...

A Minnesota state senator arrested for burglary last year will not be expelled from the Minnesota Senate. A motion to expel ...

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