Somehow, fraud in Minnesota has become the No. 1 news story in America over the past week. Now comes the hard part, separating the legitimate operations receiving taxpayer dollars from…
The Committee on Oversight of the U.S. House of Representatives announced on Monday, Comer Expands Investigation Into Widespread Fraud Uncovered in Minnesota Government Programs. Comer being the committee chairman, James…
Property taxes are increasing across Minnesota. Not surprisingly, a poll for Alpha News: …found that 60% of those surveyed are very concerned about rising property taxes; another 27% of respondents…
On May 8, the Senate DFL announced: The Minnesota Senate passed bipartisan legislation creating an independent Office of the Inspector General Thursday, establishing a new state office to protect public money in Minnesota from…
The debate over how much fraud has been committed against Minnesota social welfare programs has now gone national. Joe Thompson, the First Assistant U.S. Attorney and lead prosector of the…
It was a big day for Minnesota fraud yesterday, with lead federal fraud prosecutor Joe Thompson announcing new indictments, a new FBI raid, and another guilty plea.
It sure looks like it. Lead federal prosecutor Joe Thompson held a 35-minute press conference today to discuss the scope of the fraud, and to announce six more indictments and…
I’m not kidding. Earlier this month, Minnesota state budget officials presented their latest state budget forecast. Minnesota state government operates its budget in two-year cycles called “biennia.” The forecast for…
From the Minnesota Star Tribune under the headline, Minnesota pauses licenses for new adult day care centers amid fraud concerns. An extraordinary sentence appears later in the article, The capacity…
By all signs, the Minnesota state budget is in trouble. While the state ends the current two-year budget period — 2026-27 biennium — with a surplus, estimates show an imbalance in…
The epidemic of fraud perpetrated against Minnesota’s taxpayers under Gov. Walz’ administration has been making national news. It might well be harming his chances in the 2028 presidential campaign. In…
KSTP-5 is out with a poll on fraud in Minnesota. They find, Our survey asked: Do you think fraud in state programs is the biggest problem in Minnesota? From a…
From a Tim Walz press release, Governor Tim Walz today announced that Tim O’Malley will join the state as Director of Program Integrity. A judge, former superintendent of the Minnesota…
On December 5, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator, Dr. Oz, sent a letter to Governor Tim Walz, warning that failure to address fraud could cost Minnesota…
And he just can’t get enough. Earlier this week, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz headlined a campaign fundraiser in Seattle for first-term Washington state governor Bob Ferguson (D). The Center Square…
I’m working to update ScandalTrackerTM, which has not been refreshed since July. The update remains a work in progress and I will continue to refine the numbers and improve the…
I break down the $1 billion Minnesota fraud estimate and where it comes from. Local reporter Lou Raguse of the NBC-affiliate KARE-11 has produced a helpful 2:33 video explaining the…
Convictions in federal court now exceed 60 defendants. Millions of dollars in property seized by the feds have already been sold off. But the Star Tribune says there is only…
Former Star Tribune editor Patricia Lopez wrote on Bloomberg November 26, under the headline, We can stop fraud in Minnesota without attacking Somalis In a perfect world, Lopez is absolutely…
Yesterday, we learned that Minnesota’s state government was forecast to run a budget surplus for the 2026-2027 biennium of $2.5 billion but a deficit for the 2028-2029 biennium of $3.0…
Three (3) items published yesterday in the Wall Street Journal touch on different aspects of the fraud crisis gripping Minnesota. From the Editorial Board, The Great Entitlement State Grift:The giant Minnesota fraud shows…
Earlier today, Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) released the November 2025 budget forecast. Some good news, MMB forecasts a $2.5 billion surplus for the 2026-27 biennium. This is up from…
Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) released the budget forecast on Thursday, showing a $2.4 billion surplus in the current biennium (2026-27) and a $2.9 billion deficit in the next biennium…
Back in March, Minnesota Management & Budget (MMB) released its February Budget and Economic Forecast. As we reported at the time: The forecast budget surplus for the 2026-2027 biennium is…