Spending & Taxes
Feeding Our Future sentences #14, 15
Today at the Federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, two sentences are scheduled to be handed down in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal. Judge Nancy Brasel is set to preside over both. Up first is Sharmake Jama, the lead defendant of the…
Minnesota’s taxpayers should not be forced to fund the…
Last month, the Star Tribune‘s mascot Stribby the Gray Duck was at the Capitol “lobbying in support…
DFL’s new tax on social media is still a bad idea
Last year, the Tax Committee in the Minnesota Senate, where the DFL holds a one seat majority,…
DFL’s new tax on social media use is still a bad idea
Last year, the Tax Committee in the Minnesota Senate, where the DFL holds a one seat majority,…
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.
Shireen Gandhi is still in charge of the state Dept. of Human Services (DHS). Ignore the cynical…
Questions Mississippi Lawmakers Should Ask Regarding Medicaid
Mississippi lawmakers say they’ll spend part of the summer studying the state’s Medicaid program to see if there’s a way to save taxpayer money. But if recent history is any indication, the effort will not yield significant fruit. Lawmakers in other…
How soon is now?
There are two weeks left in the 2026 state legislative session. It’s not too late to enact a…
The 1500 Building in Rochester
Like the famous Griggs-Midway building in St. Paul, Alpha News has found an address in Rochester…
Another fraud, another probation sentence
This time, it was a Medicaid fraud, involving the personal care assistance (PCA) program and…
Food-scandal-linked nonprofit gets City grant
The City of Minneapolis announced yesterday the awarding of $1 million in grants for “recovery of…
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