Spending & Taxes
Updating ScandalTracker 2025
I’m working to update ScandalTrackerTM, which has not been refreshed since July. The update remains a work in progress and I will continue to refine the numbers and improve the functionality of the spreadsheet. But this first cut at an update gives…
How do we get the $billion fraud estimate?
I break down the $1 billion Minnesota fraud estimate and where it comes from. Local reporter Lou…
Fraud? What fraud?
From today’s Star Tribune, Trump claims Minnesota lost billions to fraud. The evidence to date…
The Somali factor
Former Star Tribune editor Patricia Lopez wrote on Bloomberg November 26, under the headline, We can…
DFL remains in denial about Minnesota’s runaway…
Yesterday, we learned that Minnesota’s state government was forecast to run a budget surplus for the…
Wall Street Journal discovers Minnesota fraud
Three (3) items published yesterday in the Wall Street Journal touch on different aspects of the fraud crisis gripping Minnesota. From the Editorial Board, The Great Entitlement State Grift:The giant Minnesota fraud shows that GOP reformers are…
short-term surplus hides a persistent and growing…
Earlier today, Minnesota Management (MMB) released the November 2025 budget forecast. Some good…
Five takeaways from the budget forecast
Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) released the budget forecast Thursday showing a $2.4 billion…
Economic slowdown that hasn’t happened cannot explain…
Back in March, Minnesota Management & Budget (MMB) released its February Budget and Economic…
surplus in 2026-27, deficit in 2028-29
Later today, Minnesota Management & Budget (MMB) is due to release its November forecast for the…
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