Tag: Feeding our Future
Dems prime the pump for bill that GOP rep calls ‘Feeding...
The next legislative session doesn’t begin for another three months. But a duo of DFL legislators who represent swing districts up for re-election in...
Judge allows Feeding Our Future fraudster to take 30-day trip to...
A federal judge will allow one of the defendants who pleaded guilty in the $250 million Feeding Our Future scandal to travel to Kenya...
Ellison charges 18 in $10 million PCA Medicaid fraud
(Center of the American Experiment) -- State Attorney General Keith Ellison charged 18 individuals with a range of crimes related to a $9.5 million scheme to...
Legislators blast DHS for revelations it had contracts with Feeding Our...
Republican legislative leaders are calling on the Minnesota Department of Human Services and other state agencies to investigate contracts they had made with organizations run by...
GOP delegation says USDA ‘wholly evasive’ on Feeding Our Future scandal
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been “wholly evasive” and ignored document requests regarding the Feeding Our Future scandal, according to a letter sent...
10th conviction secured in Feeding Our Future case
(Center of the American Experiment) -- Abdulkadir Awale, defendant No. 56, has become the 10th defendant to plead guilty in the Feeding Our Future scandal.
Awale, of Bloomington,...
Faribault couple pleads guilty in Feeding Our Future fraud
Mohamed Ali Hussein and Lul Bashir Ali have admitted to their involvement in a massive $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally funded...
Democrats reject amendments to prevent fraud in state programs
Minnesota Democrats have rejected multiple GOP amendments this session designed to prevent state dollars from going to individuals charged with or convicted of fraud.
One...
10 more charged in Feeding Our Future case, still more to...
U.S. Attorney Andy Luger announced charges against 10 additional Minnesotans in the $250 million Feeding Our Future scandal Monday, bringing the total number of...
Report finds ‘pervasive noncompliance’ in state grant management
Minnesota issues an average of $514 million in state-funded grants to nonprofits each year but demonstrates “pervasive noncompliance” with oversight measures, according to a...