Spending & Taxes
$1 million Ilhan Omar earmark yanked
Lost in all of the news last week was this item involving local U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minneapolis), from The Hill newspaper, GOP backlash to Omar earmark slows government-funding bill. The legislation involved was part of one of the dozen…
Mr. Glahn goes to Washington
Your correspondent spent Wednesday in our nation’s capital. The bulk of my time on the ground…
Walz administration pivots from fraud to misconduct in…
The Office of the Legislative Auditor released a scathing audit of the grant making process at yet…
MN media ignores Walz attack on US Attorney Joe…
Many people from outside Minnesota have been asking how our fraud problem could grow so big without…
Can Minnesotans trust the state government with their…
Minnesotans are some of the hardest working people in the United States. Using the measures of “raw”…
The autism fraud
I did a little bit of citizen-journalist-style research into the ballooning autism-clinic scandal this weekend. The results were eye-opening. Just before Christmas, the U.S. Attorney for Minnesota announced two more indictments in the autism fraud.…
How fraud makes budget forecasts unreliable
There is no doubt that Minnesota has a fraud problem, which, in itself, is disturbing. However, in…
Carnival of frauds
Your correspondent appeared on the Fox News program Fox and Friends this morning to discuss, what…
Paid family and medical leave
Today saw the launch of Minnesota’s paid family and medical leave (PFML) program. Eligible workers…
The crisis of legitimacy
Somehow, fraud in Minnesota has become the No. 1 news story in America over the past week. Now comes…
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