So where did the Minneapolis Star Tribune get hundreds of confidential FBI witness interview reports? Why was the Star Tribune using these reports to intimidate witnesses in an ongoing federal…
The Minnesota Star Tribune reports on one of the 22 businesses raided by the FBI yesterday, One center, A Plus Universal Child Care and Learning Center in Shakopee, which was…
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison put out a press release yesterday celebrating his latest courtroom victory, Jury finds Emadeldin Ibrahim liable for submitting $188K in false claims to state. The…
Mulata Yusuf Ali was sentenced to one year of probation for his role in the Feeding Our Future case. Ali operated a shell company used for money laundering in the…
The U.S. Dept. of Justice has accused Aimee Bock and her adult sons of sending confidential court material to the Minnesota Star Tribune and other media outlets. Bock, defendant No.…
This morning, the FBI raided two dozen more Minnesota businesses linked to fraud. AlphaNews reports, Federal agents raid the Somali Senior Center & Adult Day Services in Minneapolis this morning…
Prior to 2022, if you had asked 1,000 random Minnesotans to name the ten most pressing issues facing the state, it is very unlikely that any of them would have…
In November, the Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence (MCFE) — one of the best policy organizations in the state — hosted its 99th Annual Meeting and Policy Forum. The last…
Minnesota has spent more money than it has collected in revenue every year since 2024. A similar trend is playing out in North Dakota. Yet North Dakota is likely to…
From the Washington Examiner, Minnesota fraud committee suspects Ilhan Omar of involvement in Feeding Our Future scheme. The House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight committee met yesterday. Here is…
Since it launched, as and when the data have become available, I have been tracking the performance of Minnesota’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) scheme against the forecasts on…
As always, it was another big week in Minnesota fraud, and we break down the week’s breaking news by day: Tuesday KARE-11’s Lou Raguse documented how taxpayer spending on 14…
On Tuesday, I noted that for 2025, the average earner will pay more state income tax in Minnesota than in 43 other states and that our state is one of…
Today is April 15, Tax Day, the deadline for paying your income taxes without having to pay a penalty. As I noted yesterday, for 2025, the average earner will pay…
Yusuf Bashir Ali was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in the Feeding Our Future scandal. The sentence pronounced by federal district Judge Nancy Brasel matched the…
Lou Raguse of KARE-11 has performed a public service by assembling in one report the spending by the state of Minnesota on 14 “at risk” Medicaid programs. You can read…
A Minneapolis legislator is pushing hard for a so-called “wealth tax,” which warrants a STOP THE TAPE with Bill Walsh. One of Keith Ellison’s campaign donors just pled guilty to…
Tomorrow is the deadline for Minnesotans to file their 2025 taxes. When he or she does, the average earning, single filing Minnesotan will hand over 4.9% of their 2025 wages…
The legislature returned to work on Tuesday after their Easter/Passover break. According to the Minnesota Constitution, they must adjourn on the first Monday after the third Saturday in May, which…
Back in 2023, the “historic” DFL trifecta enacted a K-12 education bill which included a $2.2 billion hike in spending on schools. The bill indexed the per pupil funding formula…
From Fox-9, Anoka County couple charged in $800K public benefits fraud probe. The exact dollar amount involved was $861,304.03, according to state officials. Fox 9 reports, Charges filed against an…
Lou Raguse of KARE-11 has the report that Abdirashid Ismail Said, accused of an $11 million Medicaid fraud, fled the country a week before his scheduled courtroom trial. And how…
This week I’ve looked at how property tax hikes are making life less affordable for Minnesotans and at how it is not rising property values but increased local government spending which has driven…
Gandi Yusuf Mohamed pled guilty in the Feeding Our Future case this morning at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. Mohamed, a/k/a Gandi Abdi Kediye, became the 65th defendant convicted…