Minnesota Reformer

In the Break Room: 👉Trump administration moves increase line speed limits for meat processors 👉Fired federal workers reinstated but larger cuts planned 👉Cleveland-Cliffs lays off 630 mine workers 👉120 nursing home workers threaten strike minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/21/tru…

DFL Sen. Kari Dziedzic, former Majority Leader, dies of cancer at 62 minnesotareformer.com/2024/12/28/dfl…

In 2023, lawmakers increased funding for the K-12 Education Credit helping low-income families afford tutoring. One of the bill's testifiers runs a company called Success Tutoring that mothers say scammed them out of thousands minnesotareformer.com/2024/12/16/low…

I'm out with an investigation today about two tutoring companies — Success Tutoring and Achievers Tutoring — that charged thousands under Minnesota's K-12 education tax credit while outsourcing instruction to Filipino teachers paid less than $5 per hour minnesotareformer.com/2024/12/16/low…

Commentary....Minnesota: An easy mark minnesotareformer.com/2024/12/13/min…

The Public Utilities Commission has granted a long-awaited permit for a Minnesota portion of a massive planned carbon capture pipeline network minnesotareformer.com/2024/12/12/puc…

Feds serve search warrant in autism fraud investigation minnesotareformer.com/2024/12/12/fed… h/t @deenafaywinter

The most expensive health care system. One of the lowest life expectancies in the wealthy world. In his manifesto, Luigi Mangione paints himself as a man radicalized by statistics. minnesotareformer.com/2024/12/12/a-m…

Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management on Wednesday announced that it’s canceling a planned lottery for special early cannabis licenses intended to help disadvantaged entrepreneurs get a leg-up in the nascent legal marijuana market. minnesotareformer.com/2024/12/11/min…

Part 2 of our commentary series on government fraud in Minnesota: Don’t get into a fight with the Office of Legislative Auditor. Okay, just this once. minnesotareformer.com/2024/12/11/don…

State failed to collect at least $40 million in outstanding Medical Assistance debt, audit finds minnesotareformer.com/2024/12/10/sta…

Commentary from former DHS deputy commish, Chuck Johnson: Understanding fraud in Minnesota government, and how to fight it minnesotareformer.com/2024/12/10/und…

In 2018, the former director of athletic medicine for the University of Minnesota sent a letter to the Board of Regents alleging mistreatment of athletes. After she raised those concerns internally, her employment contract was not renewed. minnesotareformer.com/2024/12/10/u-o…

Understanding fraud in Minnesota government, and how to fight it minnesotareformer.com/2024/12/10/und…

Incoming DFL lawmaker: GOP campaign was surveilling wrong apartment minnesotareformer.com/2024/12/06/inc… via @MNReformer

Federal appeals court upholds rapidly approaching TikTok ban minnesotareformer.com/2024/12/06/dc/… via @MNReformer

Via @stateline_news cc: Minnesota legislators. Growth of sports betting may be linked to financial woes, new studies find minnesotareformer.com/2024/12/06/gro… via @MNReformer

From our friends at @19thnews Minnesota-born Hegseth is wrong leader for women in the military, warn women veterans and lawmakers minnesotareformer.com/2024/12/05/min… via @MNReformer

In 2023 the company paid a $7.8 million Federal Trade Commission fine for sharing sensitive health data with advertisers, including Facebook, Pinterest and SnapChat. minnesotareformer.com/2024/12/05/jud… via @MNReformer

Minnesota is likely to end the next two-year budget cycle with a small surplus, officials said Wednesday. But uncertainty around inflation and Trump administration policies could quickly change the state's financial picture — and a deficit is looming. minnesotareformer.com/2024/12/04/min…