Tag: Kristin Robbins
Bipartisan letter calls for end to practice of sending money directly...
Legislators from both parties sitting on a newly-formed fraud oversight committee in the state House are calling on their colleagues to stop sending taxpayer...
Republicans launch online portal for Minnesotans to report alleged fraud in...
Republicans in the Minnesota House of Representatives have unveiled a new website that will allow Minnesotans to report instances of alleged fraud in state...
Minnesota House Democrats vote down bill to restore funding for pregnancy...
For more than 100 minutes on Thursday, Democrats and Republicans in the Minnesota House of Representatives engaged in a heated floor debate over whether to restore...
Pair of Republican anti-fraud bills meet different outcomes in Minnesota House...
Republicans in the Minnesota House of Representatives attempted to pass a pair of bills on Monday afternoon designed to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse...
Democrats vote against bill requiring legislative approval for extending emergency declarations
Democrats in the Minnesota House of Representatives voted against legislation that would end peacetime emergency declarations after 14 days unless three-fifths of both chambers...
Minnesota bill targets speeding killers with automatic license suspensions
The Minnesota House pushed through legislation Tuesday that would expand automatic driver’s license suspensions in cases where excessive speeding alone—without the involvement of drugs...
Former NFL reporter Michele Tafoya considering U.S. Senate run
It’s been less than a week since Democrat U.S. Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota announced she will not run for reelection in 2026. And...
New fraud prevention and oversight committee holds first hearing in Minnesota...
Legislators serving on the Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee in the Minnesota House of Representatives met for the first time Monday...
‘Minnesota has a fraud problem’: Tackling fraud shaping up to be...
Waste, fraud, and abuse have emerged as major topics this legislative session, and politicians at the capitol appear eager to take action.
For years, Minnesota...
Why a $30 million juvenile facility sits empty while violent youth...
As violent juvenile crime explodes across the Twin Cities, police and local leaders are at their breaking point—forced to watch repeat offenders walk free...