Brooklyn Park voters will vote to fill the vacant seat of Rep. Melissa Hortman, who was killed last month in a politically ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has called a special election to fill the seat formerly held by Democratic House Speaker Emerita ...

The candidacy filing period for the seat left open by the assassination of House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman opens Tuesday. The special election is scheduled for Sept. 16. A primary election will ...

Slain Minnesota Lawmaker Remembered as Pragmatic Problem Solver Colleagues described Representative Melissa Hortman as a skilled, conciliatory lawmaker who was at once steely and warm.

The Brooklyn Park City Council discussed ways to honor late Minnesota representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark after they were shot and killed last month.

Hundreds gathered Saturday morning at Minneapolis' Basilica of St. Mary for the private funeral of Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their dog, Gilbert.

The Hortmans were eulogized on Saturday as warm, caring people who were the same whether they were at the Capitol or at their ...

Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark Hortman and their dog Gilbert laid in state in the Minnesota State ...

Melissa Hortman, MN House leader, and her husband were killed by a gunman in Brooklyn Park in a targeted shooting. Her family included two children.

Gilbert, Representative Melissa Hortman’s dog, is being honored at the State Capitol with Ms. Hortman and her husband, Mark. They were all killed in a shooting at their home this month.

Minnesotans paid their respects to Melissa and Mark Hortman at the Minnesota Capitol as the couple received one of the state’s highest honors.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sat in a front pew during Melissa and Mark Hortman’s funeral alongside former president Joe Biden and former vice president Kamala Harris.