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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 ...
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 ...
Melissa Hortman, slain Minnesota lawmaker, attended Boston University and Harvard
Melissa Hortman, a Minnesota lawmaker who was gunned down in what is described as a politically motivated attack, earned ...
A ‘formidable public servant.’ Who was Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota state representative assassinated in her home?
A dedicated volunteer who taught Sunday school and loved dogs. A lawyer who served as a Girl Scout Leader and worked at her ...
What to know about Melissa Hortman and John Hoffman, the lawmakers shot in Minnesota
State Rep. Melissa Hortman and State Sen. John Hoffman, who were targeted by a shooter on Saturday, were longtime members of ...
Who is Melissa Hortman, Minnesota lawmaker killed in targeted shootings?
A manhunt is underway for a suspect who officials say shot and killed Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband ...
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 ...
Minnesota state lawmaker killed in ‘politically-motivated assassination,’ massive manhunt for suspect underway, officials say
Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, were shot and killed early Saturday morning in “what ...