For 36 Hours, Minnesota Abortion Clinics Feared A Shooter Could Be Coming For Them

FBI agents in a neighborhood on June 15, 2025, in Green Isle, Minnesota, looking for the suspect who shot and killed state Rep. Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband, Mark Hortman. Stephen Maturen via Getty Images As law enforcement in Minnesota searched …

Minnesota Could Put Property Tax Rise to Voters

Minnesota could raise property taxes on residents as local school districts look for additional funding. Within the state, 45 local teachers' union chapters have reached out for extra financial support, according to Education Minnesota. That's up …

Minnesota Lawmaker's Home Was Broken Into Days After Her Murder, Police Say

LOADINGERROR LOADING Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman’s (D) home was broken into sometime Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, just days after the lawmaker and her husband were shot and killed in their home, the Brooklyn Park Police Department said in a …

Break-in reported at home of slain Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman

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Police chief who helped arrest Minnesota shooting suspect describes moment they caught him: ‘We had made his world so ...

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Hundreds gather to remember prominent Minnesota lawmaker and husband slain in their home

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Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman's home broken into 3 days after her murder

Law enforcement establish a security perimeter near the residence of senior Democratic state assemblywoman Melissa Hortman after Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed earlier in the day, in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, U.S., June 14, 2025. Tim …

Lawmakers on edge as statehouse security tightens after Minnesota shootings

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Anxious lawmakers convened Wednesday under heightened security in Wisconsin’s state Capitol, one of the most publicly accessible statehouses in the country, days after a legislator and her husband in neighboring Minnesota were shot and …

Trump Says He’s Not Calling ‘Whacked Out’ Tim Walz After Minnesota Lawmaker Killings 

Past presidents are known to reach out to governors, mayors and other elected officials at times of tragedy to offer condolences. The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said calling Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz would be a “waste of time” after a MAGA …