Melissa Hortman's rise was notable for steady progression up the ranks built in large part on an ability to forge ...

Rep. Hortman, who served a six-year stint as House Speaker, was a longtime leader of the DFL caucus and one of Minnesota's most influential politicians.

Hortman, who was fatally shot early Saturday, was known as a champion of deeply progressive causes but also someone willing ...

Hortman led House Democrats through some of the most difficult and consequential political times in recent Minnesota history.

Among Representative Melissa Hortman’s final votes in the Minnesota legislature was one she agonized over. Lawmakers in the evenly split chamber had been in a bitter standoff over a Republican ...

The attack has been condemned by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as “an unspeakable tragedy” and a “political assassination.” Walz described Hortman as “a great leader” and “the dearest of friends.” ...

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — In the fall of 1998, a young attorney named Melissa Hortman made her first run for public office.

Mark Hortman was shot and killed on June 14 alongside his wife, former House Speaker Melissa Hortman, in the family's Brooklyn Park, MN, home, according to Minnesota's governor.

The political assassination yesterday of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman was a shock to the people of the state and the country.

Melissa Hortman and her husband seen at the Minnesota DFL Party Humphrey-Mondale Dinner on June 13, the evening before they were both shot and killed in a targeted attack.

Their reason was to push back, they said, on violence and hate in light of the assassination of former speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband.

Minnesota lawmakers Melissa Hortman and John Hoffman were shot along with their partners on Saturday (June 14). Authorities ...