When the pandemic hit, Congress responded by sending billions of dollars to states, counties, cities, businesses, and citizens. Many cities had a hard time figuring out how to use the…
Move over, Hawaii, Australia, and Southern California: The go-to destination for surfers will soon be Anoka, Minnesota. That’s the dream of Rep. Zack Stephenson (DFL-Coon Rapids) as he diverted $6.2…
Civics 101 The government of the United States consists of three separate but co-equal branches: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. Article I of the Constitution sets out the…
Gov. Tim Walz announced today, Governor Walz Orders Third-Party Audit of Medicaid Billing at DHS:Governor orders pause on all payments for 14 DHS Medicaid services until audit is complete. The…
With 76 defendants, and counting, the wheels of justice continue to grind on in the Feeding Our Future scandal. A preview of November: November 5: Defendant No. 38, Khadar Adan,…
From a press release issued today, Attorney General Ellison sues Trump administration for illegally suspending SNAP benefits Officially, the federal government is shut down, deprived of any authority to spend…
The federal government shutdown has had an air of unreality about it for most people up until now, but that could be about to change. Today, the Department of Agriculture…
Turns out, even shutting down the government for three weeks does not save taxpayers money. According to the U.S. Treasury Department, federal debt reached $38 trillion on Wednesday this week.…
Anwar Ahmed Adow, age 25, became the first defendant to plead guilty in the Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) fraud case.
Yesterday, former Legislative Auditor Jim Nobles published a commentary in the Minnesota Star Tribune under the headline, Former legislative auditor: Is the Walz administration finally awake about fraud? The recent…
The wood One of the issues at the heart of the current federal government shutdown is the expiration of certain tax credits. When it became apparent that the Affordable Care…
The topic of fraud is much in the news these days. From the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Fraud fight brewing in 2026 campaigns as investigations stack up: Fraud is poised to…
Former Acting U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson sat down with KSTP-5 for another interview, this time as part of their What the Fraud? series. A four-minute excerpt: Thompson again emphasizes that…
According to Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB), tax collections in the first quarter of the 2026 fiscal year — July to September 2025 — were $90 million below the February forecast.…
The Minnesota Star Tribune digs deeper into the overlapping frauds plaguing the state, Minnesota investigating more companies linked to those charged with Medicaid fraud Specifically, the Star Tribune dug into…
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…
Rep. Zack Stephenson’s stint as House DFL leader has got off to a disappointing start. Back in 2023, the “historic” DFL trifecta enacted a 1% sales tax in the seven-county…
Abdiwahab Ahmed Mohamud pled guilty to two felony counts on October 10 in federal court in downtown Minneapolis.
It’s our favorite time of year: Golden Turkey Season! The competition to find the most bird-brained examples of waste in state government is back and getting ready to kick off.…
Abdiwahab Ahmed Mohamud, now aged 35, was taken into custody today at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. Mohamud is Defendant No. 25 in the Feeding Our Future scandal and…
Massive taxpayer subsidies are paid out to nonprofits for “free” lawyers for illegal aliens. The Minnesota Star Tribune reports, ‘Up to our eyeballs’: Immigration lawyers struggle to keep up during…
On September 9, France lost its second government in a year. The story behind the fall of François Bayrou’s government is largely the same as that behind the fall of…
In the 2026 fiscal year, 37 percent of all government revenue in Minnesota will come from Washington, D.C. Despite heavy panic, the federal government shutdown currently underway is unlikely to…
Federal prosecutors filed a motion yesterday to revoke the pre-trial release of Abdiwahab Ahmed Mohamud. He is Defendant No. 25, overall, in the sprawling free-food scandal. Mohamud, now aged 35,…