Feds serve search warrants in autism fraud investigation
2024年12月12日 · The FBI served search warrants Thursday at two autism treatment providers, as part of a wide-ranging Medicaid fraud investigation first reported by the Reformer in June. The search warrants were served at Smart Therapy Center in Minneapolis and Star Autism in St. Cloud. FBI Special Agent Kurt Beulke ...
The missing Shakopee ballots: What happened, what should have …
2024年12月2日 · Twenty absentee ballots from precinct 10 in Shakopee, Scott County, Minnesota, have been making news following the Nov. 5 election. Most of the attention has been focused on the fact that each of those 20 might contain a vote in the race for House District 54A, which was decided in favor of state Rep. Brad Tabke, DFL-Shakopee, by just 14 votes.
Minnesota: An easy mark • Minnesota Reformer
2024年12月13日 · On this score, state government finally seems to be awakening from a stupor. Just consider the evolution at the Department of Human Services since June, when then-Reformer reporter Deena Winter asked the agency about skyrocketing growth in the number of autism treatment providers and spending in the past five years.“I don’t think we are surprised …
A straightforward explanation and defense of the new state flag …
2024年3月8日 · RED LAKE — In December, the State Emblems Redesign Commission, which was created by the Legislature, adopted the new Minnesota state flag.The new flag is brilliantly blue — like the sky above us and the waters around us. The color “Minnesota Blue” was chosen for the abstract shape of Minnesota as part of the new state flag.
Here’s how much you need to make to live in Minnesota
2024年2月14日 · A single person in the Twin Cities metro area needs to earn $47,442 a year — about $22 an hour — to afford the basics: food, housing, health care, transportation and a cell phone. For a family of four, the parents need to earn at least $119,229 a …
Xcel Energy says data center growth won’t get in the way of 2040 …
2024年12月2日 · A top executive with Minnesota’s largest utility says data center growth will not prevent it from meeting the state’s 100% clean electricity law, but it may extend the life of natural gas power plants into the next decade.
Minnesota's budget outlook: Smaller surplus, deficits down the …
2024年12月4日 · With a multi-billion dollar deficit looming in a few years, the divided state Legislature must decide next session whether to address the imbalance immediately, or delay potential budget cuts or tax increases until 2027. That’s the prognosis of the state’s budget agency, which released a detailed forecast on Wednesday. Budget analysts project that state …
Another Democratic legislative candidate may not meet the …
2025年1月6日 · Minnesota Democrats are already embroiled in an ugly battle for control of the state House after a judge ruled one of their newly elected members was ineligible to hold office for not living in the district he won.. Now, another Democratic candidate faces a residency challenge, but this time in the race for the Senate District 60 seat to replace former Majority Leader Kari …
Latest 2024 farm income forecast shows overall decrease from 2023
2024年12月3日 · Farm income is forecasted to have decreased in 2024 by 4% from 2023, largely because of a decrease in cash receipts, or the gross income, from the sale of commodity crops, according to the December update of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s farm income forecast.. Carrie Litkowski, the farm income team leader with USDA Economic Research Service, …
Manufacturing already has made a comeback • Minnesota Reformer
2024年11月13日 · Employees work at a Rivian electric vehicle factory in Normal, Ill., in 2021. A historic recovery in manufacturing jobs between 2019 and 2023 was concentrated in small urban areas such as McLean County, where Normal is located, …