My recent columns around Rep. Melissa Hortman’s untimely death prompted readers to write me about the complicated topic that she was once vocal about: immigration. One reader in Woodbury who ...

Linda Haluptzok, mother of Melissa Hortman, views the caskets of Melissa and Mark Hortman on Saturday, June 28, 2025, before their funeral services at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis, Minn.

Jul. 11—By Nathaniel Minor Star Tribune (TNS) Gov. Tim Walz has called a special election for September to fill a House seat left empty by the assassination of Rep. Melissa Hortman. The election ...

Gov. Tim Walz, second from right, walks with Melissa Hortman's casket Saturday, June 28, 2025, in the sanctuary at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis, Minn. Alex Kormann, Star Tribune/Pool ...