ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - As the new legislative session kicks off, the focus is on remembering Melissa Hortman, a significant figure in Minnesota politics. This session marks the first in 21 years ...

ST. PAUL — On the first day of the 2026 legislative session, Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman’s desk on the House floor remained empty aside from a large bundle of red roses. Just above her desk in the ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — For the first time since last June's targeted lawmaker shootings, the Minnesota legislature returned Tuesday for the start of the regular session and promised to carry on the legacy ...

Nearly a year after the assassination of a Minnesota legislative leader, lawmakers across the U.S. have worked to fortify security in state capitols and improve safeguards when officials are in their ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota state Senate has approved a sweeping violence prevention bill taken up after a violent year that ...

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will deliver his eighth and final State of the State address from the Minnesota House Chambers on ...

When Minnesota House DFL Leader Zack Stephenson grabbed his lunch order from the west doors of the Capitol on Thursday, he realized he wouldn’t be able to do that in a week, because that entrance ...

Minnesota lawmakers renamed a solar energy program prized by the late House DFL Leader Melissa Hortman in her honor following her killing. Gov. Tim Walz announced Tuesday, April 14, that he had ...