U.S. Rep. Bruce Vento, a 12-term Democrat who championed environmental and homeless causes, died Tuesday morning at his home in St. Paul, Minn. He was 60. Vento, who was diagnosed with lung cancer ...

Bruce F. Vento, 60, a Minnesota congressman in the Democrat-Farmer-Labor Party since 1977 who was known as a protector of the wilderness, the homeless and small business, died Oct. 10 at his home ...

WASHINGTON — Minnesota Rep. Bruce F. Vento, who championed legislation to protect the environment, help the homeless and make it easier for the ethnic Hmong people of Laos to attain U.S ...

Ten years ago on October 10, 2000 we lost Congressman Bruce Vento to mesothelioma. Bruce’s accomplishments remind us that working hard to build stronger communities, better lives and more ...

Xianna Moua-Yang, right, and her husband Yeng Moua at the homeless encampment near the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary in St. Paul on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.

Expand . Michele Knutson, 37, walked around the encampment at the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary on Thursday, snapping photos of the empty tents she and others lived in before they were taken down.

Long Vang, who goes by the name Lonely, first pitched his tent alongside the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary two years ago. The spot seemed peaceful, tucked back near railroad tracks on the edge of ...

Gov. Mark Dayton talks with students at Bruce Vento Elementary Thursday, May 17, 2018 on St. Paul's Eastside before a rare public veto of a GOP-backed tax bill.

Tents form an encampment near the Bruce Vento Sanctuary in St. Paul. City officials will clear the encampment on Jan. 16. (Kyeland Jackson/The Minnesota Star Tribune) Gift ...

ST. PAUL (AP) -- Rep. Bruce Vento announced he will marry a schoolteacher, Susan Lynch, of Chatfield, Aug. 31. Vento, who recently completed aggressive treatment for a rare and often fatal form of ...