

June 27 - Melissa & Mark Hortman along with the family dog, Gilbert, lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda
Melissa and Mark Hortman along with the family dog, Gilbert, lie in state in the Capitol rotunda. Gov. Tim Walz and his wife, Gwen, pay...


June 18 - Candlelight Vigil in Honor of Melissa and Mark Hortman
All the lights were turned on in the Capitol and the flag flying at half-staff as people gathered on the front lawn for a candlelight...


June 14 - Rep. Melissa Hortman
Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot in their Brooklyn Park home early Saturday in what Gov. Tim Walz called a...


June 9 - ONE-DAY SPECIAL SESSION PASSES STATE BUDGET TOPREVENT A POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN
Capitol plant management state workers dust the floor around the “Star of the North” in the rotunda while legislators in their chambers...


May 19 - 2025 Session Ends Without a Budget - Special Session Coming
Gov. Walz said he will call a special session “when the work’s done — whenever that is, whenever we’re ready.” Halls of the second floor...


May 15 - Shuffle In and Shuffle Out - DOING THE BUDGET SHUFFLE
May 6- House Speaker Emeritus Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Part, background, waits inside the Cabinet Room for other members of...


April 30 - 50 years ago the Vietnam War ended on April30, 1975
There are 1,120 Minnesotans names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the State Capitol grounds. Lorraine Storck, of San...


April 23 - Gov. Tim Walz talks State Legislative harmony while criticizing the Administration in Washington D.C. during the State of the State Address
DFL members give Gov. Tim Walz a standing ovation during the State of the State Address in the House Chamber at the Capitol. Gov. Tim...


April 22 - Senator Champion asks for ethics advisory opinion after Senate GOP files a conflict of interest complaint
The Senate Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct hears a request for an ethics advisory opinion from Sen. Bobby Joe Champion after Senate...


April 7 - Bermuda Squares play the Palace Theater opening for headliner Jack White
Jack White is known to book local bands to open for his shows. He doesn’t advertise the openers so the crowd is packed for them thinking...