The primary for the special election to fill the seat held by Rep. Melissa Hortman will be held on Tuesday. Rep. Hortman and ...

Since Jan. 1 of this year, three special elections have taken place to fill vacancies in the House and Senate. By the end of this year, at least three more are set to take place.

This wouldn't be the first time Minnesota named a property after a politician. Former Gov. Harold Stassen has the Department ...

Vance Boelter, 57, was indicted on federal murder charges last month in the killings of Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman ...

When two of their colleagues were attacked in dark-of-night shootings at their homes, many lawmakers naturally wondered whether they were also at risk and if they could do anything to ...

The man charged with killing Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounding state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, pleaded not guilty during his federal arraignment ...

The state senator, who survived an attempted assassination in June, told his colleagues that "we can't let the evil of the ...

It's still unclear whether accused assassin's attorney plans to pursue a mental health defense now that his not guilty plea ...

At 8 a.m. on the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 6, the Hortmans’ children, Colin and Sophie, joined The Current’s Morning Show to ...

Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy and House Speaker Lisa Demuth delivered speeches, while Sen. John Hoffman produced a video ...

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman is lying in state at the Minnesota Capitol rotunda. Hortman, her husband, and their dog were killed in a June 14 attack.

“Melissa Hortman will be remembered as the most consequential speaker in Minnesota history — and I’ll always remember her as a close friend, a mentor, and the most talented legislator I’ve ...