Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has launched a new effort to combat fraud across state agencies. The state is partnering with WayPoint, Inc., a forensic accounting firm, to develop a fraud prevention ...

Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, most, but not all employees in Minnesota can access up to 20 weeks of subsidized time off each benefit year under the state’s new paid leave program, assuming they have a ...

For years, Democrats assured us that expanding government programs was an act of moral heroism — that the only thing standing between America and utopia was more taxpayer money flowing through more ...

Over a 12-week coverage period of one’s choosing, the PFML program provides payments to Minnesota residents who purportedly need time away from work for “serious health” reasons or to take care of a ...

Minnesota’s largest financial aid program likely will come up $102 million short in the current biennium, a situation that may require students’ financial aid awards to be cut in the coming semesters.

Create an account or log in to save stories. NINA MOINI: Well, on Friday, the state of Minnesota ended its Housing Stabilization Services Program, or HSS, which was intended to help people with ...

MOORHEAD — Rent, gas, groceries, child care: name an expense and chances are it’s costing more than ever, which means more people are living on the edge of homelessness. At the same time, a program in ...

In 2024, I reported 19 states were funneling Medicaid funds into housing. I questioned whether this was a delusional quest that would fail to improve health care or was a worthy discussion to have if ...

A former Ramsey County forensic auditor and whistleblower says he found dozens of suspected fraud cases involving Minnesota’s Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) more than a decade ago. 5 EYEWITNESS ...

Sen. Zaynab Mohamed, DFL-Minneapolis, is cheered by paid family leave supporters as she makes her way toward Senate Chambers at the state Capitol in 2023. Minnesota’s paid leave program launches in ...

A federal judge struck down a Minnesota law that barred religious colleges from a state program, ruling it unconstitutional. In 2023, state legislators passed an amendment to the state's Postsecondary ...