The DFL state senator who was arrested and charged last week with burglarizing her stepmother’s home has now been removed from her Senate committee assignments and caucus meetings.
Democrats have moved to effectively suspend Sen. Nicole Mitchell from caucus and committee decisions, but her ability to vote could still rankle Republicans in the 34-33 chamber. Mitchell is under fire after a burglary arrest last week.
Democratic Sen. Nicole Mitchell returned to the State Capitol and began casting votes on Monday for the first time since she was arrested and charged with felony first-degree burglary. Mitchell, a first-term senator from Woodbury, declined to answer reporters' questions when the Senate recessed on Monday morning. Some of Mitchell's DFL colleagues embraced her on the floor. When the Senate .