Governor Tim Walz Former President Joe Biden checked in with the dog honor guard before paying his respects to Melissa and Mark Hortman.

Gov. Walz’s voice is quaking as he eulogizes his friend and “the most consequential Speaker in Minnesota history”, Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark.

The Xcel has a new name: Grand Casino Arena.

Gov. Walz criticizing the Minnesota Republican congressional delegation, pointing out the budget bill’s cost to MN. His staffers tell me the new budget means a special session (that’ll probably lead to higher property taxes all across MN) is “possible but nothing” scheduled yet.

New statement from Hope Hoffman after a federal grand jury indictment of the man charged with assassinating Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark and trying to assassinated Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette as well as Hope herself.

Just got the Amber Alert from Minneapolis PD as I combed the Minnehaha Falls area with searchers looking for 12-year-old Victoria Jackson.

NOW: Sen. John Hoffman appears at the DNC summer convention for his first public appearance since the June 14 assassination attempt on him and his family and assassination of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and their golden retriever, Gilbert.