Defendant No. 59 was a no-show in Federal court last week. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. The always alert Lou Raguse of KARE 11 reported on this…
The legislature started putting together the state budget this week, passing several omnibus bills off the Senate and House floor. So far, they are sticking to the budget targets agreed…
In the spirit of Easter, Capitol Watch would like to highlight three proposals likely to pass this session that will help Minnesotans and make the state a better place to…
It’s surprisingly cheap to purchase the politics of a mid-sized state in flyover country. Now that all the campaign finance reports are in for 2022, we can add up the…
In the wake of the Feeding Our Future scandal, Minnesota voters believe a greater share of taxpayer dollars are wasted than ever before. The Center’s exclusive Thinking Minnesota opinion poll…
Andy Luger, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota, announced 10 more defendants were indicted this morning in the Feeding Our Future scandal. The total charged in the case…
The saying used to go, “All politics is local.” Not anymore. To be competitive in Minnesota politics, at least within the state’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) party, you need to have a…
In a belated move, the state Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a lawsuit against the free-food nonprofit ThinkTechAct in early January 2023. Ellison narrowly won re-election as Attorney General last…
Catching up with news from last month. On Feb. 7, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that the state Dept. of Human Services (DHS) had moved to shut down two adult…
Four free-food nonprofits are suing the Dept. of Education. Free-food lawsuits may be Minnesota’s biggest growth industry. Last week, the always alert Lou Raguse of KARE-11 noticed that the state…
The nonprofit Youth Leadership Academy, d/b/a Gar Gaar Family Services, had been the third largest Minnesota participant in the Federal Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), one of two child nutrition…
Minnesota’s Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) has a timely report out on the (mis)management of nonprofit grants by state government. The news is not good. The OLA’s report, running…
The scandal-prone state senator has emerged in 2023 more powerful than ever. Minnesota state Sen. Omar Fateh (DFL-Minneapolis) survived a series of scandals in 2022 to win reelection in November…
American Experiment’s annual award highlights the state’s wasteful spending of taxpayers’ money.
Now is the time to focus on holding lawmakers accountable to all Minnesotans.
Collateral damage from the Feeding Our Future scandal.
The personal care assistant (PCA) program is slated to receive an additional $247 million per year, according to budget documents filed this week (page 25). The proposal (p. 28), would…
Did most free-food money go to fraud in Minnesota? It sure looks like it. In Gov. Walz’ budget proposal filed this week, the Walz administration has added some details to…
For Liban Alishire, the JigJiga is truly up. Last night, the U.S. Attorney for Minnesota sent out a press release announcing the latest guilty plea in the Feeding Our Future…
Week three of the 2023 legislative session is over, and the Democratic majorities in the House and Senate are taking full advantage of their new power.
Two defendants in the Feeding Our Future case were also arrested for passport fraud as they tried to flee the country. Both of them have been released from jail. Abdiaziz…
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has sued an Edina-based nonprofit associated with Feeding Our Future. He filed the lawsuit yesterday in Hennepin County. The nonprofit was located at a co-working…
Right before the New Year, a U.S. District Court judge approved the sale of three properties forfeited in the Feeding Our Future case. The properties were Nos. 10, 11, and…
Mostly, the idea is to hire more bureaucrats. Hoping to avoid a repeat of the Feeding Our Future scandal, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has proposed a package of measures. Of…