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Caroline Cummings

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Adopted daughter of the Midwest reporting on politics/govt for @wcco. On Iowa TVs in a past life. D.C. born. @merrillcollege Terp alum. Breakfast food fanatic.
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One year after her death, lawmakers reflect on former House Speaker Melissa Hortman's legacy at the Legislature

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By Caroline Cummings Verified
| WCCO-TV (Minneapolis, MN) Verified
In the months after the assasination of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, the Legislature this session approved a number of tributes to honor how she shaped the institution and the state through her leadership and policy: a memorial garden for the State Office Building; calling Highway 610 "Hortman Memorial Highway" because she secured funding for the project; and renaming the state's community solar garden program — one of her proudest legislative achievements — in her memory.
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Children of former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman share grief, remember parents one year after their killing

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By Caroline Cummings Verified
| WCCO-TV (Minneapolis, MN) Verified
None of it was normal. The vigil. Lying in state in the capitol rotunda. A funeral that drew hundreds and was livestreamed on the internet. All of these moments represent a public display of mourning for Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, after their tragic assassinations shocked the state last June.
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Former Minn. House Speaker Melissa Hortman won their mother's housing discrimination case 30 years ago. They say they still feel the impact.

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By Caroline Cummings Verified
| WCCO-TV (Minneapolis, MN) Verified
Before Melissa Hortman was elected to the Legislature and later became speaker of the Minnesota House, she began her career fresh out of law school at a local legal aid office. In her short time doing that work, one family said she made a generational impact on them. "It means a lot to me that my mom's voice was heard," Farha Beswick told WCCO.
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