ST.PAUL, Minn. – The Senate got back to law-making after losing a day f wrangling over what to do about Nicole Mitchell, the Democrat in troube for burglary in Detroit Lakes. Republicians called for Mitchell’s immediate ouster. Democrats, desperate to maintain a 33-32 majority, wouldn’t yield. Finally there came a compromise: Asking the Senate’s Democrat-controlled Ethics Committee to investigate and report back in 30 business days. That would be after the statutory adjournment of the 2024 session. Although a Detroit Lakes judge has freed Mitchell on her own recognizance, she had not yet returned to the Capitol.
