A somber Gov. Tim Walz spoke about the work and legacy of State Rep. Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated at her home Saturday.

Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press, Klobuchar praised Hortman, who was assasinated Saturday, as a "true public servant" and an "extraordinary leader,"

Boelter, 57, the man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and wounding another legislator and his wife in a “politically motivated” attack on Saturday morning. On Sunday morning,

The Minnesota Twins and Minnesota Lynx paid tribute to the state politicians and their spouses who were shot by a suspect allegedly impersonating a police officer overnight.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Melissa Hortman’ s influence at the Minnesota Capitol and her power as a Democratic leader to shape the course of a deeply divided Legislature were a far cry from her job as a teenager making chili-cheese burritos and overshadowed her volunteer work training service dogs for veterans.

In response, the Minnesota Vikings, the state’s NFL team, issued a statement condemning the assaults on the lawmakers. Hortman, 55, had collaborated with the team for more than a decade during her time in the House of Representatives, where she had served since 2005. She became Speaker in 2019.

Authorities are calling Saturday’s attacks a “politically motivated” assassination after State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed at their home in Brooklyn Park early Saturday morning.

State Rep. Luke Frederick of Mankato had been thinking about Melissa Hortman continuously Saturday, but his voice still broke when he started to voice those thoughts early in

A somber Gov. Tim Walz spoke about the work and legacy of State Rep. Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated at her home Saturday.