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

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Massachusetts political leaders are condemning political violence after 55-year-old Minnesota state Sen. Melissa Hortman, a ...

A broken taillight. A dead cop. A bombshell admission. The jury is now deliberating over whether Karen Read killed John ...

Melissa Hortman’s power as a Democratic leader to shape the course of a deeply divided Minnesota Legislature was a far cry ...

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

Melissa Hortman was a lifelong Minneapolis-area resident who went to college in Boston and then returned home for law school. She was elected to the Minnesota House in 2004 and helped pass a sweeping ...

The National Institutes of Health is making $50 million available to study autism, but many researchers in the field are leery of the new initiative, which they say is rushed and skirts typical ...

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Melissa Hortman, once a teenager making chili cheese burritos and later a powerful Democratic leader in Minnesota's deeply divided Legislature, is being remembered for her compassion, resilience, and ...

Hortman, who was fatally shot early Saturday, was known as a champion of deeply progressive causes but also someone willing to work across the political aisle.

She was a proponent of natural childbirth when she joined the group that produced the candid guide to women’s health. It ...