MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Melissa Hortman’s influence at the Minnesota Capitol and her power as a Democratic leader to shape the ...

Colleagues described Representative Melissa Hortman as a skilled, conciliatory lawmaker who was at once steely and warm.

Before Representative Melissa Hortman’s death, the state’s House was evenly divided. The governor has until next February to ...

The children of Democratic Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, are speaking out about their loss.

Democratic politicians blamed President Trump for a violent political atmosphere in the wake of a Minnesota state lawmaker ...

Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, lost their life in a fatal shooting in their home in the ...

Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were wounded in ...

Hours after the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, prominent conservative influencers spun ...

Daylight was still two hours off when Brooklyn Park police approached the home of former Minnesota Speaker Melissa Hortman to ...

Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman lived in West Des Moines for nearly a decade and is credited with forming an active Democratic Party there.

From the wooden dais in the Minnesota House, then-Speaker Melissa Hortman presided two years ago over what many called the most consequential legislative session in recent history. She helped ...

Melissa Hortman’s power as a Democratic leader to shape the course of a deeply divided Minnesota Legislature was a far cry ...