On Friday at PICA Head Start Training Center in Minneapolis, Democratic leaders laid out their agenda for the session amid an ongoing power dispute with Republicans​ over who can and should control the chamber.

A one-seat Republican majority in the Statehouse and a looming special election made for a tense start to a new era of divided government.

Half of the Minnesota House chamber stood empty on Tuesday, as every Democratic member took the unprecedented step of boycotting the first day of session to try and block Republicans from taking control.