New lawsuit seeks to redraw Wisconsin's congressional maps before 2026 midterms
A new lawsuit challenges Wisconsin's congressional district maps, claiming they are unconstitutional due to anti-competitive gerrymandering.
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A new lawsuit challenges Wisconsin's congressional district maps, claiming they are unconstitutional due to anti-competitive gerrymandering.
A pool contractor at the center of a WCCO investigation was expected to change his plea to guilty on Wednesday. Instead, he changed attorneys.
A pool contractor at the center of a WCCO investigation was expected to change his plea to guilty on Wednesday. Instead, he changed attorneys. Victims have waited years for justice. Now, justice will take a little longer. Senior investigative reporter Jennifer Mayerle has the latest details from court.
Today marked the first official meeting at the Capitol since the political attack on Minnesota legislators. It was a hearing about fraud in public programs, but as Caroline Cummings reports, that violent night is still top of mind.
They may be out of session, but Minnesota lawmakers met for a special oversight hearing in the House.
The Minnesota Legislature had a one-day June special session to complete the next $66 billion two-year state budget funding the state government and its programs and services. That spending kicks in July 1, along with a slate of new policies.
Prosecutors say Ahmed Ghed fraudulently claimed to be running a child nutrition site, feeding thousands of children a day in St. Paul and taking federal COVID-19 relief funds to do so.
The couple believed the Federal Trade Commission had contacted them to help them move their life savings over to Bitcoin.
Another person has been arrested in federal court tied to the largest pandemic fraud scheme in the country.
A Minneapolis woman has been sentenced by a federal judge to over four years in prison and ordered to pay just over $5 million in restitution for her role in the largest pandemic fraud case in the country.
Federal officials on Friday confirmed to WCCO that agents executed a new search warrant against a St. Paul nonprofit allegedly schemed with Feeding Our Future and its founder Aimee Bock to defraud millions of dollars from the government.
Federal prosecutors on Friday confirmed to WCCO that agents executed a new search warrant against a St. Paul nonprofit that allegedly schemed with Feeding Our Future to defraud millions of dollars from the government.
A bipartisan effort to establish a new state watchdog agency to crack down on fraud in public programs won't advance this year, former DFL House Speaker Melissa Hortman said Friday.
The goal of an Office of Inspector General was to crack down on fraud in public programs.
A proposal to establish a new state government watchdog designed to fight fraud in public programs sailed through the Minnesota Senate on Thursday.
Some lawmakers want an independent watchdog to investigate state agencies and private organizations that receive public funds to fight fraud.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison faced members of the House Fraud Committee on Monday who sought questions about a 2021 meeting he had with business owners later convicted in the Feeding our Future fraud case.
Leaked audio from a December 2021 meeting between Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and a group including now-convicted defendants in the Feeding Our Future fraud case is leading Republican lawmakers to call for further investigation.
Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock and her co-defendant Salim Said have filed motions requesting acquittal in a massive pandemic fraud case.
A Twin Cities woman is accused of collecting thousands of dollars in unemployment benefits meant for her deceased mother.
The bribe attempt surrounded the trial of seven defendants in one of the country's largest COVID-19-related fraud cases.
Minnesota transportation officials have issued a warning for fake E-ZPass messages that they say are "targeting everyone."
Days after the conviction of the ringleader of the largest pandemic fraud case in the country, another person involved in the scheme has admitted to his role.
A jury delivered a string of guilty verdicts Wednesday afternoon in what prosecutors call the largest pandemic fraud case in the country.
Prosecutors made a final plea Tuesday in their mission to convict alleged Feeding Our Future ringleader Aimee Bock and codefendant Salim Said.
