A boycott, an alleged coup, multiple lawsuits — they're all part of the confusion and chaos at the Minnesota legislature.

The Minnesota Supreme Court on Friday cancelled the special election for a metro House race later this month, finding Gov. Tim Walz set the date before state law requires.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday on whether it should wade into a partisan power struggle that has roiled the state House for over a week, with Democratic lawmakers boycotting the state Capitol to try to prevent their Republican colleagues from exploiting their temporary one-seat majority.

DFL Gov. Tim Walz called a special election for a vacant House seat in the Roseville area too early and must choose a later date, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday in a decision that will extend Republicans’ advantage in a power struggle with Democrats in the House by granting them another month with a one-seat majority.

When Democrats lose, their first impulse is to obstruct, to take their ball and go home — as their ongoing boycott in Minnesota’s House of Representatives shows.

The Minnesota Supreme Court hears oral arguments Thursday over the temporary control of the Minnesota House. Here’s how a political fight ended up in front of the high court and what’s at stake.

ST. PAUL — Two special elections are set to take place Tuesday, Jan. 28, for House seat 40B in Roseville and Senate District 60 in Minneapolis.

Unlike the Minnesota House, the Senate has kicked-off a relatively low-key — and so far productive — session. But just below the surface of all this collegiality is tension over policies and oversight from the days of the DFL trifecta.

The Minnesota House of Representatives’ Republicans responded to last week’s petitions to unseat Lisa Demuth as Speaker. RELATED: Republicans override Simon’s adjournment of House, elect Demuth as speaker – ABC 6 News – kaaltv.

Less than a week after Minnesota Democrats filed a lawsuit asking the Minnesota Supreme Court to declare the state’s Republicans acted in an unlawful manner when members of the House of Representatives declared a quorum and seated positions of power,

The debate over whether Minnesota House Republicans acted lawfully when they elected a speaker is headed to the state Supreme Court. Democratic-Farmer-Labor Secretary of State Steve Simon and the House DFL have filed lawsuits to stop Republicans from taking control of the House for the next two years,

The Minnesota Supreme Court voided Gov. Tim Walz’s decision to hold a special election Jan. 28 for a Roseville-area seat in the state House, saying he called it prematurely. In a five-page order issued late Friday afternoon,