The 43-day shutdown: political theater, not health policy
In defining this, she revealed the shutdown’s true purpose: stoking anti-Trump sentiment ahead of the 2025 elections.
In defining this, she revealed the shutdown’s true purpose: stoking anti-Trump sentiment ahead of the 2025 elections.
After I published my EXCLUSIVE report on Hennepin County’s Mental Health Center, which stands accused of ninety (90) licensing violations by the state Department of Human Services (DHS), whistleblowers reached…
More than half of parents say they would choose a school type other than a traditional public district school if given the option, highlighting a continued and substantial disconnect between…
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…
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.
If Governor Walz doesn’t like the subsidies proposed in 2026, he needs to do his homework a little better because that is exactly what he voted for in 2010.
Democrats’ focus on a small portion of subsidies ignores what is driving the exploding costs of federalized health 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…
Republicans and Democrats point to health care as the major sticking point in the current government shutdown. Republicans contend that the democrats are shutting down government to pay for illegal…
If someone is ineligible because they live in another state, are on another program, or are dead, the taxpayers should stop paying the insurance companies for their care.
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…
There are more illegal aliens on MinnesotaCare than there are people who stand to lose enhanced 400% FPG pandemic subsidies.
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…
How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act forces the state to confront spending Like every state, Minnesota relies on the federal government for a substantial portion of its funding. According…
There’s a new, disturbing epidemic sweeping through Minnesota. It has shown up on the government radar, infecting state agency social benefit programs and siphoning taxpayer money by the millions: fraud.…
The healthcare “cuts” Democrats are using as an excuse to shut down the government are actually the phase-out of temporary pandemic-era Obamacare credits. Contrary to their current talking points, the…
But how much? Estimates range above $6 billion (with a “b”) just for the state Dept. of Human Services (DHS). “Health and human services” outpaces the general category of “education”…
Today’s fraud involves a program called “Integrated Community Supports” (ICS). For the record, is it, Do you really need to hear anything else? So, what is ICS? From DHS: Services…
Today’s (alleged) fraud comes to us courtesy of investigative reporter A.J. Lagoe and the KARE-11 team. They report, TikTok video alleges Medicaid billing fraud. The details, A Minnesota company is…
Autism rates have skyrocketed to 1 in 31 children today, leading many public health officials to declare it an epidemic, citing a nearly 300% increase in the last 20 years,…
“Minnesota officials alerted to housing fraud two years before indictment,” reads the headline this morning in the Minnesota Star Tribune. The “housing fraud” refers to the state Medicaid program Housing…
State and local taxes and spending The Ely Echo: Ely school levy uncertain KROC: Minnesota Tax Revenues Exceed Forecast by 4.2% in August CNHI News: North Mankato to set preliminary…
“I have spent my career as a fraud prosecutor and the depth of the fraud in Minnesota takes my breath away” Thompson said.