After feds pause Medicaid funding, Walz unveils anti-fraud proposal
The focus is back on Minnesota's fraud crisis.
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The focus is back on Minnesota's fraud crisis.
The governor says this is his top priority from now until he leaves office.
Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz plans to introduce an anti-fraud legislative package on Thursday — one day after Vice President JD Vance announced the federal government is temporarily halting $259 million in Medicaid funding to the state.
Lydia Kaiser, an eighth grader at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis who was wounded during a mass shooting during school Mass last August, spoke out Tuesday at the Minnesota Capitol for the first time since the attack and pushed lawmakers to act on gun violence prevention.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz unveiled his plans to prevent gun violence in the state on Tuesday morning.
The man tasked by Gov. Tim Walz with investigating the causes of and solutions to Minnesota's ongoing fraud problem says the root of the issue goes back half a century, but the problems are fixable.
Gov. Tim Walz has appointed Shireen Gandhi as the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services, just over a year after appointing her to the role in a temporary capacity.
The political fallout of Operation Metro Surge is expected to be long lasting not just in Minnesota, but across the country.
Tuesday is the first day of Minnesota's 2026 legislative session, the first since a politically motivated gunman killed a state lawmaker and her husband and wounded another legislator and his wife.
Tuesday is the first day of Minnesota's 2026 legislative session, the first since a politically motivated gunman killed a state lawmaker and her husband and wounded another legislator and his wife. The legislature plans to pass a joint resolution honoring their lives.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he was "cautiously optimistic" about border czar Tom Homan's announcement Thursday morning that the immigration enforcement operation in the state is concluding.
While many are now cautiously optimistic, Gov. Tim Walz says many questions remain.
The federal government's flood of federal agents into Minnesota is coming to a close, according to White House border czar Tom Homan.
Border czar Tom Homan is scheduled to hold a news conference in Minneapolis on Thursday morning, according to the White House. Here's how to watch.
After more than two months, Governor Tim Walz believes the end of Operation Metro Surge could be just days away. Ubah Ali was in East St. Paul to hear from community members.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday that he expects the ongoing Operation Metro Surge immigration enforcement actions in the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota to last "days, not weeks and months."
Whether it's a Venezuelan restaurant on the West Side of St. Paul, Minnesota, or a bakery on Lake Street in Minneapolis, there's widespread economic pain for Latino-owned businesses.
Gov. Tim Walz said he expects the end of Operation Metro Surge to be only days away. The governor sounded that optimistic note while speaking about his concerns about the lasting impact on Minnesota's small businesses and restaurants. Here's Esme Murphy.
Whether it's a Venezuelan restaurant on the West Side of St. Paul, Minnesota, or a bakery on Lake Street in Minneapolis, there's widespread economic pain for Latino-owned businesses.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday that he expects the ongoing Operation Metro Surge immigration enforcement actions in the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota to last "days, not weeks and months."
A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked.
The ongoing presence of ICE and federal law enforcement in the Minneapolis area has kept many immigrants at home for fear of being arrested. Now, their neighbors are crowdsourcing to cover their rent.
Legal observers and officials say they have received a growing number of reports of federal agents impersonating construction workers, delivery drivers and in some cases anti-ICE activists in Minnesota.
Conservative activist Jake Lang is back in Minnesota. This time, the pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionist claims he has permission to hold his next rally inside the State Capitol. State officials confirmed to WCCO that no such permit has been granted.
On Jan. 24, the same day as Alex Pretti's killing, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote a letter to Gov. Tim Walz, suggesting the ICE surge would end if the state did three things. Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon called the demand extortion. He talked about it with WCCO's Esme Murphy.
