Spending & Taxes
After nearly seven years in office and “billions” stolen from Minnesota taxpayers, Gov. Walz finally unveils plan to fight fraud
The epidemic of fraud perpetrated against Minnesota’s taxpayers under Gov. Walz’ administration has been making national news. It might well be harming his chances in the 2028 presidential campaign. In an aggregation of polling of Democratic…
Fraud is not popular
KSTP-5 is out with a poll on fraud in Minnesota. They find, Our survey asked: Do you think fraud in…
Walz names anti-fraud czar
From a Tim Walz press release, Governor Tim Walz today announced that Tim O’Malley will join the…
Could Medicaid fraud cost Minnesota federal dollars?
On December 5, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator, Dr. Oz, sent a…
Walz wants more Somali migrants
And he just can’t get enough. Earlier this week, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz headlined a campaign…
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…
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