The late former House Democratic leader Melissa Hortman will be honored this week with a tribute few Minnesotans have received. Hortman, her husband Mark and their dog Gilbert will lie in state on Friday at the Minnesota Capitol.

Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their dog, Gilbert, will lie in state on Friday, nearly two weeks after they were killed by a gunman inside their Brooklyn Park home,

Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman will lie in state. They were killed in what authorities called a political assassination.