Minnesota Reformer

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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 https://t.co/XCjKPlHvjf

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DFL Sen. Kari Dziedzic, former Majority Leader, dies of cancer at 62 https://t.co/qrIWh1q7Ga

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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 https://t.co/Wvzha76Wo4

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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 https://t.co/5YAAAWAZEH

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Commentary....Minnesota: An easy mark https://t.co/2TdZuLBSdL

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The Public Utilities Commission has granted a long-awaited permit for a Minnesota portion of a massive planned carbon capture pipeline network https://t.co/D5ehDYAjuD

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Feds serve search warrant in autism fraud investigation https://t.co/yw4t4Farg4 h/t @deenafaywinter

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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.
https://t.co/HNPr8LR2q3

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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. https://t.co/chMBINLSwJ

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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. https://t.co/VWftfgIF9C

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State failed to collect at least $40 million in outstanding Medical Assistance debt, audit finds https://t.co/yF9TOKSK6j

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Commentary from former DHS deputy commish, Chuck Johnson: Understanding fraud in Minnesota government, and how to fight it https://t.co/uk9hJnOfsS

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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.
https://t.co/Cr5jgYNPVA

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Understanding fraud in Minnesota government, and how to fight it https://t.co/uk9hJnONiq

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Incoming DFL lawmaker: GOP campaign was surveilling wrong apartment https://t.co/5rnATPpnnj via @MNReformer

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Federal appeals court upholds rapidly approaching TikTok ban https://t.co/A2Umayr9Ix via @MNReformer

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Via @stateline_news cc: Minnesota legislators. Growth of sports betting may be linked to financial woes, new studies find https://t.co/WqFIkihQOs via @MNReformer

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From our friends at @19thnews Minnesota-born Hegseth is wrong leader for women in the military, warn women veterans and lawmakers https://t.co/9ly6vzvBvL via @MNReformer

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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.
https://t.co/jdIx2aHsDH via @MNReformer

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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.

https://t.co/qhgW5Cwq1V