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Covering #mnleg has been such a privilege these last five sessions. A relationship between a journalist and an elected official is a professional one, not a friendship. We have to ask tough questions. But that doesn’t mean we aren’t human. And Melissa Hortman was a good one.

Sort of can't believe I had to write this but Walz and Hortman were close political allies and friends. The governor had nothing to do with Hortman's killing: startribune.com/fact-check-did…

NEW: Officers searched Boelter's vehicle and found at least three AK-47s, a 9mm handgun, a list of names & addresses of other public officials. Officers found in the area a ballistic vest, a disassembled 9mm, a mask, & a gold police-style badge. READ: startribune.com/read-the-charg…

With just 10 minutes until deadline, everything changed. Tremendous work by the entire The Minnesota Star Tribune team this evening. Monday’s front page.

Assassinated Rep. Melissa Hortman leaves legacy as unflashy leader who ‘got the job done’ startribune.com/assassinated-r…

Interim US attorney Joe Thompson says Vance Boelter went to the homes of FOUR Minnesota politicians Saturday morning w/ the intent to kill them. FOUR. Not two.

After going to the Hoffmans, he went to a second politician's home Thompson isn't naming; they weren't home so then he went to the home of a New Hope senator (unnamed) but a police officer also went there to check on the senator, and saw him in his SUV. He did not respond & left.

Minnesota DFL Sen. Ann Rest just issued a statement about Vance Boelter stopping at her home early Saturday morning. Boelter was interrupted by a police officer performing a welfare check.

New photo leading Strib live blog. "Loved ones, who declined to give their names, of Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark embraced after hanging a sign with pictures of the couple and their dog Gilbert at a memorial outside the House Chambers" startribune.com/vance-boelter-…

Statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark: "The best way to honor our parents' memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else.”

Vance Boelter voted in the March 2024 Minnesota Republican presidential party, according to a screenshot obtained by the Reformer of his voter profile in a national GOP voter registration database. minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/17/van…

Gov. Tim Walz scrambled to alert lawmakers of threat while grieving loss of a close friend. The second-term DFL governor had managed a global pandemic and widespread civil unrest, but he never had faced a crisis this personal. startribune.com/while-processi…

“We are experiencing a social disease that elevates violent rhetoric, mocks decency and civility, and worships power above all else.” startribune.com/melissa-hortma…

Walz says Minnesota should reconsider allowing firearms at State Capitol after shooting startribune.com/walz-says-minn…

Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette released this statement tonight about the night they survived multiple gunshot wounds in their home. Prayers for their family…🙏

In first statement since shooting, John and Yvette Hoffman detail what happened ‘that horrific night’ startribune.com/in-their-first…

Letter to FBI from shooting suspect Vance Boelter made wild claims about Klobuchar and Walz, sources say startribune.com/vance-boelter-…