DULUTH – On Fridays, Mary Murphy lunched. The longest-serving woman in the Minnesota House, retired just two years, routinely sat alongside other politicians and laborers at a downtown ...

Former Minnesota state Rep. Mary Murphy, a Duluth-area Democratic-Farmer-Labor lawmaker who was the longest-serving woman legislator in Minnesota history, has entered hospice care after suffering ...

Former state Rep. Mary Murphy, 85, died in hospice care on Christmas Day after recently suffering a stroke. Murphy was first elected in 1976 and was the longest-serving woman in the history of the ...

Mary Murphy, one of the longest serving members of the Minnesota House carrying out the role for 46 years, has died. She’s also being remembered as a former social studies teacher at Duluth ...

Former Minnesota House Representative Mary Murphy(DFL) will be put in hospice after suffering a stroke last week. House Speaker Melissa Hortman shared the news Monday, adding that Murphy’s ...

Murphy, a DFLer, served Northern Minnesota for more than 45 years as a member of the Minnesota House. She was the second-longest-serving lawmaker and the longest-serving woman at the state capitol.

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota House of Representatives celebrated "Mary Murphy Day" on Monday, honoring the legacy of the late Hermantown DFL representative. In addition to sharing memories and ...

Mary Murphy, the longest-serving woman and second-longest-serving member of the Minnesota House, died on Christmas Day at the age of 85, according to Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman.

State Rep. Mary Murphy, DFL-Hermantown, right, speaks during debate on a flood relief bill as Rep. Greg Davids, R-Preston, looks on at the Capitol in St. Paul on August 24, 2012.