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

State Rep. Melissa Hortman, the House’s Democratic leader and former speaker, was shot to death early Saturday.

Representative Melissa Hortman was the top Democratic lawmaker in the Minnesota House, and a former Speaker of the House.

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

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

Before Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman became a nationally recognized figure following her fatal shooting death ...

A memorial outside the Minnesota House chamber is one of several on the Capitol grounds where mourners have left hundreds of ...

Minnesota House Republicans sued Secretary of State Steve Simon on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in an attempt to force Democratic members back into the chamber, the latest legal challenge in a ...

In some cases, one party controlled the chamber for a year, the other the next. The last time Minnesota’s House was tied, in 1979, the speaker of the House was Republican Rep. Rod Searle ...