Minneapolis is mourning the loss of a giant of public service. Former State Representative Karen Clark served South Minneapolis in the Minnesota House of Representatives for almost four decades, from 1981 to 2019.

Former Minnesota state Rep. Karen Clark, a fighter for the LGBTQ community, diesClark was first elected as a state representative in 1980, and retired as the longest-serving openly lesbian state legislator in the nation.www.startribune.com