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Assassinated Rep. Melissa Hortman leaves legacy as unflashy leader who ‘got the job done’
From the wooden dais in the Minnesota House, then-Speaker Melissa Hortman presided two years ago over what many called the most consequential legislative session in recent history. She helped ...
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Melissa Hortman remembered as "most consequential" speaker in state history
Friends and colleagues mourning Melissa Hortman hailed the longtime Democratic legislator as a dedicated public servant, a ...
Melissa Hortman: Once a teenager with a job making burritos, she became a powerful MN lawmaker who trained service dogs
Melissa Hortman’ s influence at the Minnesota Capitol and her power as a Democratic leader to shape the course of a deeply ...
'We're not intimidated': Minnesota AG Ellison reacts to death of 'dear friend' state Rep. Hortman
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison provides updates on the ongoing manhunt for a man accused of shooting and killing ...
Melissa Hortman, shepherd of Legislature’s historic 2023 session, called House Democrats’ ‘captain’
But there was a caring, apolitical gracefulness as well to Hortman, colleagues said. Garofalo said that in the days after the ...
2 Minnesota lawmakers shot in ‘targeted’ attack, search for gunman underway
A manhunt is underway in Minnesota for a gunman who shot and killed a state representative and wounded a senator in what ...
Minnesota lawmakers shot in their homes, suspect posed as officer, governor says
Democratic Sen. John Hoffman, his wife, and House Democratic leader Melissa Hortman were injured in what the governor ...
Live updates: Manhunt for suspect in shootings of Minnesota lawmakers crosses state lines
Authorities are searching for a 57-year-old man after two Democratic lawmakers and their spouses were shot. State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed.