Courts
Minnesota fraudster gets 30 years for $44M scheme(The Center Square) – Federal lawmakers are touting a 30-year prison sentence for Minnesota fraudster Salim Said as accountability for stealing $44 million from taxpayers. Said was sentenced Wednesday… Read More
Public Education
11 Minnesota school districts back proposal to keep males out of girls’ sportsEleven Minnesota school districts support an initiative to keep trans-identifying males out of girls’ sports, according to Make It Fair Minnesota. The group says… Read More
Government
Minneapolis ‘violence interrupter’ CEO salary triples to $246,000 as audit exposes lack of oversight(The Center Square) – The founder of a government-funded nonprofit that patrols crime-ridden areas of Minneapolis had his salary nearly triple to $246,000, and the city program that pays his… Read More
Government
Ilhan Omar when asked if she married her brother: ‘Not to my knowledge’(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar stated Wednesday that she did not believe her ex-husband was her brother. Omar did not definitively deny that… Read More
Government
Homan says investigators have ‘strong case’ against Ilhan Omar(The Center Square) – White House border czar Tom Homan said over the weekend that federal investigators have a “strong case” against U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar. These comments… Read More
Courts
DOJ issues nearly a dozen subpoenas in immigration probe against Ilhan Omar; includes members of her family(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Department of Justice (DOJ) issued roughly a dozen subpoenas as part of the probe into Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s immigration status, a… Read More
Politics
Michele Tafoya gains ground In Minnesota Senate race(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Republican Minnesota Senate nominee and former NBC Sports reporter Michele Tafoya is polling well in her Senate race in the blue state of Minnesota,… Read More
Courts
Could Alito’s recusal change the outcome of landmark climate case?(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Justice Samuel Alito’s last-minute recusal has shaken up a blockbuster Supreme Court battle that stands to alter the future of climate litigation across the… Read More
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