Tag: DHS
Dysfunction: DHS paid providers $455 per day for people to take...
One of the biggest problems with American healthcare is that so much of the payments are driven by a government bureaucracy that is impervious...
Republicans Voice Frustration Regarding Continuous DHS Scandals
On October 29th, the Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) released its special review of overpayments by the Department of Human Services (DHS) to...
Minnesota DHS Continues to Retaliate Against Employee for Speaking Out
A state employee who blew the whistle on fraud within Minnesota’s Department of Human Services said in an interview this week she’s still being...
Problems Continue at Minnesota’s Department of Human Services
Minnesota’s Department of Human Services (DHS) is engulfed in scandal. To name just a few issues, Democrat Governor Tim Walz still won’t explain why...
How does Minnesota’s DHS keep owing the Feds money?
State Senator Michelle Benson (R-Ham Lake) is the chair of the Health and Human Services Committee in the Minnesota Senate, the committee that oversees...
The Feds Want Their Missing Money Back From Minnesota DHS
Ongoing reporting at Alpha News has covered the problems and scandals at Minnesota’s Department of Human Services (DHS), the largest state agency with a...
Republicans Demand Answers from DHS During Hearing After a Multitude of...
Senate Republicans called the three and a half hour hearing a “chipping away process” and state their intent to have more hearings on the...
DHS Chief of Staff Resigns, Two Other Officials Rescind Their Resignations
Stacie Weeks resigned from her position as Chief of Staff for the Commissioner of DHS on Jul. 16 after Commissioner Tony Lourey resigned on...
DHS Commissioner Lourey Follows Colleagues in Resignation
Tony Lourey left the Minnesota Senate in January 2019 to take over as Commissioner of DHS. His tenure did not last long as Lourey...
Minnesota House Democrats Vote to Allow Child Sex Offenders, Criminals to...
HF 2265, chief authored by Rep. Dave Pinto (DFL-St. Paul) passed the Minnesota House with a vote of 73-54. Pinto’s bill would order DHS...