MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota House’s top Democrat helped shepherd a package of liberal initiatives to passage when her party had a narrow majority two years ago. After Democrats lost their ...

State Rep. Melissa Hortman, 55, the House’s Democratic leader and former speaker, was shot to death early Saturday in her Minneapolis-area home along with her husband by someone posing as a law ...

Minnesota's slain Democratic leader saw liberal victories, then brokered a budget deal out of power. Melissa Hortman was the Minnesota House's top Democrat and as House speaker helped shepherd a ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota House’s top Democrat helped shepherd a package of liberal initiatives to passage when her party had a narrow majority two years ago. After Democrats lost their ...

FILE - State Rep. Melissa Hortman, D-Brooklyn Park, smiles during the nomination process before she was elected speaker of the Minnesota House as the 2019 Legislature convened, in St. Paul, Minn ...

Hortman had served as the House Democrats' leader since 2017, and six years as speaker, starting in 2019. She had to give up the speaker's job this year after the 2024 elections produced the even ...

Melissa Hortman was the Minnesota House's top Democrat and as House speaker helped shepherd a package of liberal initiatives to passage two years ago. After Democrats lost their majority, she ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota House’s top Democrat helped shepherd a package of liberal initiatives to passage when her party had a narrow majority two years ago. After Democrats lost their ...