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Minnesota state Medicaid director says new inspector general hired to combat fraud
4+ hour, 23+ min ago (42+ words) A new inspector general has been hired by Minnesota to combat fraud in the state. "Last year, we hired a new inspector general with a decade-long record of prosecuting Medicaid fraud, and we have also increased his staff to enhance…...
Feds won't seek death penalty in plea deal with man accused of killing top Minnesota Democrat
2+ week, 16+ hour ago (477+ words) By GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press U. S. prosecutors said Wednesday they will not seek the death penalty as part of a plea agreement with the man charged in the'political assassinations'of the top Democrat in the Minnesota House along with her husband, as…...
ICE officer charged in shooting of Venezuelan man during Minnesota crackdown
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (128+ words) Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Christian Castro faces four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime in connection with the January shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, according to Hennepin" Shark bite reported at Assateague State…...
Renovated Brooklyn Heights park reopens, but community center still in works
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (227+ words) The community center will span 20, 000 square feet in Brooklyn Park. The facility will include a gym, media room, computer stations, a child care center, and fitness and dance studios. Maryland government employee pay: Search 2025 compensation data Who are the highest-paid…...
Federal officials sue Minnesota for letting boys play on girls" sports teams
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (225+ words) Baltimore Sun Soybean world record belongs to Carroll County farmer Abingdon"s Bacco Pizzeria apologizes to customer following viral video Severn-based baseball coach garnered success, detractors before child sexual solicitation charge With air travel system at "breaking point" as BWI…...
Minnesota to host "No Kings" flagship rally, headlining Springsteen amid tensions over ICE and war
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (464+ words) More than 3, 100 events'are being organized in communities large and small across all 50 states, with more than 9 million people expected to participate. A'growing number of them will be in suburbs,'which are increasingly on the front lines of resistance against Trump's…...
Minnesota sues Trump administration for evidence in Good, Pretti shootings
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (139+ words) The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Washington, said the Trump administration did not cooperate with the state-level investigation into the shooting deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who were killed after a surge of federal" UMBC removes…...
For journalist, "Learing" Center was "final straw" in Minnesota fraud probe
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (26+ words) In a hearing before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee titled "Somali Scammers: Fighting Fraud in Minnesota and Beyond," independent journalist David Hoch explained what began his investig...
House majority whip vows to deport Somalis involved in Minnesota welfare fraud scandal
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (29+ words) Minn. , took to X to express his intention to "change the law" to ensure that members of Minnesota's Somalian community are removed from the country for engaging in. .....
House Oversight chairman announces hearings into Minnesota fraud allegations
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (30+ words) Ky. , said in a news release that "Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison have either been asleep at the wheel or complicit in. .. More in National News...