But there was a caring, apolitical gracefulness as well to Hortman, colleagues said. Garofalo said that in the days after the ...

Mark Hortman was shot and killed on June 14 alongside his wife, former House Speaker Melissa Hortman, in the family's ...

Lawmakers and the public gathered at the State Capitol Wednesday night to honor Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, ...

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

Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman, State Sen. John Hoffman and their spouses were all shot early Saturday in targeted ...

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

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.

Melissa Hortman’ s influence at the Minnesota Capitol and her power as a Democratic leader to shape the course of a deeply ...

Among Representative Melissa Hortman’s final votes in the Minnesota legislature was one she agonized over. ... Ms. Hortman’s Republican counterpart, ... the two party leaders huddled for a moment.

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

State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were injured, in what ...

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.” ...