Courts
Cash-strapped blue cities stand to collect billions from climate suits headed to the Supreme Court(Daily Caller News Foundation) – State and local governments are suing energy companies for billions in alleged climate damages while firing employees and slashing budgets as the Supreme Court… Read More
Culture
One year later: Remembering the Annunciation School shooting(The Center Square) – It’s been one year since a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in south Minneapolis claimed the lives of two children. On Thursday morning, church… Read More
Politics
Klobuchar notches Democrat nomination to succeed Walz(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., notched her party’s nomination in the race to replace Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday. Klobuchar will face off against… Read More
Courts
Minnesota Medicaid fraud more than $1M now carries prison time(The Center Square) – Minnesota is increasing penalties for Medicaid fraud as state and federal officials continue prosecuting cases involving millions of dollars allegedly stolen from taxpayer-funded programs. Read More
Public Education
Education Department investigates Minnesota for violating parental rights with transgender dolls in schoolsThe U.S. Department of Education (ED) launched an investigation into the Minnesota Department of Education Wednesday to determine whether the state’s new transgender dolls, possibly coming to schools this fall, violate parental rights enshrined in the Constitution. “No child should be exposed… Read More
Culture
Taxpayer-funded medical school develops transgender doll project for kids as young as 4(Daily Caller News Foundation) – “First-of-their-kind” transgender-identified paper dolls featuring removable genitalia are expected to be introduced in the fall in some classrooms for children as young as four… Read More
Government
Trump deals massive blow to Minnesota, California for alleged fraud(The Daily Signal) – The Trump administration is pausing more than a billion dollars in Medicaid funding to California and Minnesota because of suspected fraud. “That includes more… Read More
Culture
Young journalist Nick Shirley, exposing billions in alleged fraud, asks Senate to protect AmericaIndependent journalist Nick Shirley urged lawmakers to “crack down” on massive fraud schemes occurring across the country and “put America first.” “If we as Americans do not… Read More
Courts
Minnesota daycare owner pleads guilty to state and federal fraud charges over multi-million-dollar schemeThe former owner of an inactive Minneapolis daycare pleaded guilty Thursday to more than $4 million in fraud against the state of Minnesota and the federal government. Fahima Egeh Mahamud, former CEO of Future Leaders Early… Read More
Culture
The Great Plains to the Great Lakes – ND, SD, MN, WI, MI highlight America’s northern Midwest at The Great American State Fair(Editor’s note: A series on The Great American State Fair, held in Washington, D.C., in honor of America’s 250th birthday, written by Heartlander News interns.) Spanning the Great Plains… Read More
Culture
Iowa Planned Parenthood closes, just one left in the statePlanned Parenthood will close its Iowa City clinic on July 31, leaving it with just one clinic in Iowa, part of a wave of closures across the state and… Read More
Culture
Sizable sick leave payouts cost Minnesota county $2 million each year(The Center Square) – Agreements that allow St. Louis County employees to accumulate and cash out their unused sick leave when they retire have led to several payments of… Read More
Courts
Judge who donated to immigrant legal aid group blocks DOJ immigration probe of Walz, Ellison(The Daily Signal) – A federal judge in Minnesota, who has donated to an immigrant legal aid group, quashed several federal grand jury subpoenas of documents from Gov. Tim… Read More
Courts
Vance Boelter, Minnesota shooter, pleads guilty to avoid death sentence in federal murder casesVance Boelter pleaded guilty Thursday to six counts in the murders of former Minnesota House Speaker and her husband and the shootings of a state senator and his wife. Boelter, 58, shot and killed the… Read More
Opinion
‘Tip of the iceberg’: Ohio reveals the depth of America’s fraud crisis(The Daily Signal) – Minnesota’s welfare schemes exposed the scale of taxpayer fraud, California’s hospice scandal showed the problem was not isolated, and now Ohio’s Medicaid problem reveals how… Read More
Government
U.S. House report: Minnesota officials failed to stop fraud(The Center Square) – A new U.S. House oversight report alleges Minnesota officials were aware of “rampant” fraud risks in taxpayer-funded social programs for years but failed to act,… Read More
Courts
Cities Church attorneys slam prosecutor’s decision not to charge Invaders: ‘The law will bend’(The Daily Signal) – The attorneys representing Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, condemned the local prosecutor’s decision not to press charges against agitators who invaded the church in the… Read More
Politics
JD Vance says White House plans to ‘go after’ Ilhan Omar for alleged immigration fraud(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Vice President J.D. Vance declared Friday that the White House will “go after” Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar for alleged immigration fraud. President Donald… Read More
Federal government
Vance hosts inaugural meeting for Trump’s anti-fraud task force amid Minnesota scandal(The Heartlander) — Vice President J.D. Vance convened the inaugural meeting of an anti-fraud task force on Friday, promising to take on decades of fraud and abuse of social… Read More
Homeschools
Minnesota homeschool growth this year tops COVID-19 pandemic numbersThe number of homeschool students enrolled in Minnesota reached a record high of 32,024 students this academic year – breaking the previous year’s record, American Experiment has… Read More