Minnesotans paid their respects to Melissa and Mark Hortman at the Minnesota Capitol on Friday as the couple received one of ...

Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband will lie in state after they were killed in what authorities called a ...

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman will lie in state at the Minnesota Capitol rotunda on Friday. Hortman, her ...

Melissa Hortman's rise was notable for steady progression up the ranks built in large part on an ability to forge ...

Rep. Hortman, who served a six-year stint as House Speaker, was a longtime leader of the DFL caucus and one of Minnesota's most influential politicians.

Hoffman and Hortman are both members of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), a political party exclusive to the state. Hortman was elected in 2004 and was Speaker-Emerita of the ...

The Minnesota lawmaker was killed during a string of attacks against Democratic elected officials in the state.

Hundreds of people waited outside the Capitol before they were allowed into the rotunda at noon to pay their respects.