While Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, a Democrat, began his political career representing a rural, conservative Congressional district, that career arc seems less imaginable today.

Two Minnesota lawmakers gunned down and manifesto discovered: what we know about the ‘politically motivated’ shooting - The gunman remains at large following the overnight shootings ...

Political Violence Came to Minnesota. It Didn’t Start There. June 15, 2025. ... including deeply polarized politics, social alienation, disinformation and in-your-face trolling on social media.

The shootings shocked a state that prides its politics as being “Minnesota nice,” even despite higher partisan tensions in recent years. To outsiders, Minnesota looks blue.

Watch Tim Walz confirms Minnesota state lawmaker, husband dead, state senator and his wife wounded in ‘political assassination’ Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca ...

Minnesota state Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband, Mark Hortman, were killed in their home on Saturday in what the acting U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota labeled “a ...

The shooting of two lawmakers in Minnesota on Saturday was the latest instance of political violence that has also seen top companies being targeted.. State Rep. Melissa Hortman, 55 years old, and ...

This map divides Minnesota into five political “states.” Just one, the Twin Cities, got more Democratic in 2016. Another, the suburbs and exurbs of those cities, changed little between 2012 ...

Like school shootings, political violence is both sickening and becoming almost routine, another fact of living in an anxious and dangerously polarized country. International New York Times Last ...

The man charged with killing one Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another in what prosecutors have described as a meticulously planned attack, had dozens of apparent targets, including officials in ...

The contract ratification follows more than four months of closed-door talks between the MNA and hospital administrators.

Melissa Hortman lived that every day as a Minnesota House member. Her unique perspective on politics came from her job as the House's top Democrat and its unusual challenge. She had to defend liberal ...