State Rep. Melissa Hortman and State Sen. John Hoffman, who were targeted by a shooter on Saturday, were longtime members of ...

Melissa Hortman, the top Democratic leader in the Minnesota House, was shot and killed along with her husband by a gunman on Saturday morning. My good friend and colleague, Speaker Melissa Hortman and ...

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

Thousands lined up at the Minnesota State Capitol on Friday to pay their respects to the late Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman ...

The Minnesota Republican Party has hit out at protesters picketing their state headquarters in Edina on Monday to accuse it of inflaming political violence and hatred with irresponsible rhetoric ...

A dedicated volunteer who taught Sunday school and loved dogs. A lawyer who served as a Girl Scout leader and worked at her dad’s auto parts store. A mother and wife whose husband was killed alongside ...

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

In 2024, Melissa Hortman wrote of her husband, "Happy 31st Anniversary, Mark Hortman! ... "The whole Republican Party is just one corruption machine," he wrote on Facebook in 2023.

Lawmakers and officials, both local and national, are issuing statements expressing shock and outrage over the shooting deaths of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband.