St. Paul resigned from the House on Monday as she prepares to take on her new role as mayor of St. Paul. Her defeated two-term incumbent Melvin Carter in the Nov. 4

The Minnesota Senate is back to full strength after two vacant seats were filled on Tuesday, with Democrats once again having a one-seat majority.

MINNEAPOLIS — After seven moderate Democrats and one Independent broke ranks with party leadership in the Senate, a deal to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history appears on track to pass by the end of the week. But Congressional Democrats representing Minnesota are not on board.

But with a broken appropriations process, few additional local projects are likely to get funding – and another shutdown is looming.

The DFL is projected to keep control of the Minnesota Senate after two seats were up for election Tuesday. Democrats are expected to keep a 33-32 advantage in the state Senate, after the resignation of DFL Sen. Nicole Mitchell and the death of Republican Sen. Bruce Anderson left two spots open.

House Speaker Lisa Demuth, the top Republican in Minnesota, hopes to win Donald Trump's endorsement in her bid to unseat Governor Tim Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice presidential candidate.

Minnesota voters selected one Democrat and one Republican to fill two open State Senate seats, preserving the chamber’s slim Democratic majority.

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-South Carolina), who introduced the resolution, said it was “beyond comprehension” that Plaskett would communicate with Epstein during a hearing.