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GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. -- Current and former state legislators, city councilors and business and other community leaders signed the Civic Pledge for a Stronger Minnesota in Grand Rapids.

DULUTH, Minn.– Following what politicians are calling a rise in political violence, community members and city officials were invited today to sign a pledge to prevent this.

Sign the Civic Pledge for a Stronger Minnesota. Help assert that to be a Minnesotan in this moment means resisting the pull to demonize.

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – A statewide initiative made a stop in the Med City Tuesday in an effort to pledge for a better Minnesota in the wake of recent acts of political violence.

The nonprofit, Majority in the Middle, was in Rochester to get people to sign a civility pledge.

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — A small meeting that convened inside the St. Cloud Public Library on Thursday sounded a lot like a support group for those who feel lost amid the current cycle of political violence and finger-pointing.

MANKATO – About a dozen lawmakers and citizens walked up to the podium to sign a pledge to promote civility and reject violence in politics.

MANKATO – June 14, 2025 will be a day that rests in the mind of many Minnesotans. It was the day that a gunman broke into the home of Rep. Melissa Hortman, killing her and her husband after shooting and injuring Sen. John Hoffman and his wife earlier in the day.

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After two state lawmakers and their spouses were shot in Minnesota, other politicians in the state have signed a pledge to seek out common ground and cool their rhetoric.

When two of their colleagues were attacked in dark-of-night shootings at their homes, many lawmakers naturally wondered whether they were also at risk and if they could do anything to reel in the political toxicity that contributed to the tragedy.

Mary Lahammer follows a new call for civility at the Capitol among Minnesota lawmakers.

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