Brent Palm

>>Boelter to Plead Guilty in Hortman and Hoffman Shootings (Minneapolis, MN) — Federal prosecutors have reached a plea agreement with Vance Boelter, who is now expected to plead guilty in last summer’s deadly attacks targeting two Minnesota lawmakers and their families. Under the proposed deal, the Justice Department says it will not seek the death penalty.

>>St. Paul City Council to Consider Resolution to Honor the Hortman’s on June 14th (St. Paul, MN) — The St. Paul City Council will consider a resolution today (Wed) that would proclaim June 14th as Mark, Melissa, and Gilbert Hortman Day. The former Minnesota House speaker, her husband, and dog were fatally shot in their Brooklyn Park home nearly one year ago.

MNN’s Brent Palm reports nearly 102 thousand Minnesotans are living with the disease: