‘Blue Ribbon’ Human Services panel finalized; members will try to find $100M...
A “blue ribbon” panel tasked with finding $100 million in savings in Minnesota’s Health and Human Services departments has taken shape. Appointments to the newly created, 17-member commission were...
View ArticleMinnesota DHS estimate of tribal overpayments grows: Total now about $29 million
The Minnesota Department of Human Services has come forward with a new estimate on the amount it overpaid two Native American tribes for substance abuse treatment covered under Medicaid. Officials said...
View ArticleAbout 25,000 Minnesotans once enrolled in MinnesotaCare were overcharged....
About 25,000 Minnesotans who used to be enrolled in MinnesotaCare will receive refunds in the coming weeks, because the automatic payments they set as members were not turned off after their accounts...
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Oak Park Heights prison officer Joe Parise honored on first anniversary of...
A humble hero. A servant of the community. A person always willing to help. Those were some of the words that friends and colleagues used to describe fallen corrections officer Joe Parise during a...
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Can Minnesota lawmakers solve the insulin problem? Both party’s plans,...
Minnesota Democrats and Republicans are in agreement that the cost of insulin has skyrocketed and something needs to be done to help diabetics who cannot afford the life-saving medicine. The soaring...
View ArticleIn ‘Conan’ interview, Al Franken talks resignation, Trump impeachment
Al Franken continued to inch his way back into the spotlight on Thursday night, telling late-night television host Conan O’Brien that he “deserved due process” before he stepped down from the U.S....
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Democrat Dan Feehan seeks rematch with Rep. Hagedorn in 1st Congressional...
Democrat Dan Feehan, an Army veteran who taught grade school and served as a defense official in the Obama administration, is running for Congress again in southern Minnesota. Feehan, who launched his...
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MN Corrections Department names new deputy commissioner; replaces official...
The Minnesota Department of Corrections has named a new deputy commissioner after the official who previously held the post resigned while under investigation. Curtis Shanklin, a juvenile justice...
View ArticleMinnesota DHS spent $3.7 million on care for dead Medicaid recipients, audit...
The federal government is demanding its money back after an audit found that Minnesota paid $3.7 million in Medicaid funds for dead people. The unallowed payments were made between 2014 and 2016...
View ArticleTrump campaign declares victory in spat, won’t pay for Target Center rally...
President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign and the city of Minneapolis found themselves in a politically charged standoff Tuesday that featured a scramble for the moral high ground, verbal sniping...
View ArticleWar of words: Trump visit pits White House against Minnesota Democrats
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are taking aim at Minnesota Democrats ahead of their rally at Target Center in Minneapolis on Thursday night. Trump went after Minneapolis Mayor...
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Trump making major push to turn Minnesota red in 2020. State Dems say they...
President Donald Trump really wants to turn Minnesota red. So much so that he already has plenty of boots on the ground here to mobilize his base, and he is rallying in the Democratic stronghold of...
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Trump attacks impeachment, Joe Biden, Ilhan Omar and Jacob Frey at...
President Donald Trump and his re-election push to be the first Republican to win Minnesota in decades swept into Minneapolis Thursday with a whirlwind that began with controversy days before and...
View ArticleDid Trump get ‘glitter-bombed’ at Minneapolis rally? Local activist says he...
UPDATE: Secret Service visit home of activist who ‘glitter bombed’ Trump A serial “glitter-bomber” from Minneapolis appears to have showered President Donald Trump during Thursday night’s Target Center...
View ArticleMuslim civil rights group, Democrats condemn Trump’s rant against Somali...
The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations on Friday condemned President Donald Trump for targeting the state’s Somali community during his Thursday night rally at the Target...
View ArticleIlhan Omar endorses Bernie Sanders — not Klobuchar — for president
Freshman Minnesota U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has lined up behind Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Democratic presidential campaign. Omar, a Minneapolis Democrat, publicly endorsed Sanders, an Independent, as...
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Minnesota prisons are logging record amounts of overtime, and it’s wearing...
Minnesota prisons are coping with a chronic staff shortage by frequently asking — and often forcing — workers to pull double shifts. While prison officials say it’s necessary to cover vital posts, some...
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Minnesota DHS brings back former commissioner to help current boss
Minnesota Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead has enlisted the help of the woman she replaced as she tries to steady the ship at the state’s largest agency. Pam Wheelock, who served as acting...
View ArticleLawmakers eye special session as they prepare to hash out insulin assistance...
Minnesota lawmakers say they are ready to strike a deal on an insulin assistance plan, potentially in as few as 30 days. A new bipartisan work group of legislators and staff from the governor’s office...
View ArticleMinn. DHS whistleblower says she is still being retaliated against for...
A state whistleblower says she is still being retaliated against months after she reported wrongdoing. Faye Bernstein, a compliance officer at the Minnesota Department of Human Services, said she has...
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