Minnesota legislative leaders and Gov. Walz are "inching ... Because of the tied House, ... but they are five days past the initial date they hoped to wrap up those conversations and strike a deal.

Jun. 6—By Nathaniel Minor, Star Tribune (TNS) MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota's narrowly divided Legislature have struck a deal on the state budget and will return to St. Paul on ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota House’s top Democrat helped shepherd a package of liberal initiatives to passage when her party had a narrow majority two years ago. After Democrats lost their ...

Melissa Hortman was the Minnesota ... she helped broker a deal to keep state government funded and provided a crucial vote to pass it, though her party hated it. State Rep. Melissa Hortman, 55, the ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and leaders of the divided legislature have reached an agreement on a budget deal, which will help guide lawmakers as they attempt to complete the next ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota House’s top Democrat helped shepherd a package of liberal initiatives to passage when her party had a narrow majority two years ago. After Democrats lost their ...

Hortman became part of the Democrats’ leadership team at the state Capitol in 2007 and House minority leader in 2017, before Democrats recaptured a House majority in 2019.

State Rep. Melissa Hortman, 55, the House’s Democratic leader and former speaker, was shot to death early Saturday in her Minneapolis-area home along with her husband by someone posing as a law ...