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Trump-backed Minnesota governor candidate, My Pillow's Mike Lindell, not registered in state to vote
17+ hour, 29+ min ago (228+ words) Lindell can run for the governorship, but as of now he cannot vote in the Minnesota, according to the state. President Trump's preferred candidate in the Minnesota governor's race, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, is reportedly not registered to vote in…...
Minnesota special districts report $5.4B debt, federal aid declines
3+ week, 6+ day ago (941+ words) Auditors noted a decline in federal and local grants following the expiration of COVID-era funding programs. Minnesota's special districts reported $5.4 billion in outstanding long-term debt in 2023, while increasingly relying on state funding as pandemic-era federal aid declined. This is according…...
ICE arrests two Minnesota residents who are charged with $21 million in healthcare fraud
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (219+ words) Authorities say that through two companies that one of the suspects owned, the defendants carried out a scheme to defraud a health care benefit program of approximately $21.1 million by submitting false claims to Medicaid. Two Minnesota residents were arrested on…...
Main suspect in Minnesota Medicaid fraud case misses hearing, his location unknown
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (112+ words) Ellison on Friday described Said's disappearance as "a deeply frustrating setback." Abdirashid Ismail Said, who is the central suspect in the Minnesota fraud scheme case has disappeared, officials said. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has said the case marks the…...
Minnesota GOP gubernatorial candidate suspends campaign after daughter found stabbed to death
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (264+ words) The husband of the victim is a suspect in the homicide Minnesota GOP gubernatorial candidate Jeff Johnson has suspended his campaign, following his daughter being found stabbed to death this past weekend. Hallie Marie Tobler, 22, was found in her locked…...
Minnesota's Democrat party pulls endorsement for democratic-socialist Fateh for Minneapolis mayor
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (410+ words) The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party vacated is endorsement following State Democratic Party because of a “substantial undercount” in the nominee balloting at a recent convention. Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party has vacated its endorsement of democratic-socialist state Sen. Omar Fateh for Minneapolis mayor, after…...