Tag: Minnesota Department of Human Services
‘Tip of the iceberg’: Lawmaker says systematic failures fueled Minnesota fraud
(The Center Square) – Minnesota’s fraud committee is uncovering what its Republican chair calls a systemic failure of oversight that allowed billions in taxpayer dollars to...
Lakeville couple flooded with state mail on paid leave, unemployment benefits...
A Lakeville couple says they are receiving a growing stack of official letters from Minnesota’s Unemployment Insurance and Paid Family and Medical Leave programs...
Minnesota agency mistakenly believed it lacked authority to investigate kickbacks, OLA...
A new report from the Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) found that the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) mistakenly believed it lacked...
Walz administration failed to produce Medicaid eligibility report, flouting state law
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) has failed to produce a report which documents the number of people who have been removed from...
Industry leader sounds alarm on fraud in Minnesota transportation program: ‘This...
Minnesota's expansive -- and expensive -- taxpayer-funded transportation system is drawing renewed attention after an industry leader said rides in the state’s Non-Emergency Medical...
GOP senator blasts Walz’s new proposal as ‘another attempt to paper...
Gov. Tim Walz announced a proposal Tuesday that his office touted as a "major structural overhaul" of Minnesota’s human services system in an effort...
State employee who vandalized Teslas suspended for 1 day, was ‘on...
New records show a Minnesota state employee who admitted to keying multiple Teslas across Minneapolis received just a one-day suspension for his actions and...
EXCLUSIVE: ‘You need a better job’: Worker at seemingly empty adult...
As Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison prepare to testify before Congress Wednesday on fraud and the misuse of federal funds in...
Fraud prevention report says state agency explicitly ’emphasized compassion over compliance’
A new report released Monday on Minnesota’s fraud crisis describes how the state Department of Human Services (DHS) “emphasized compassion over compliance” when administering...
Walz administration claims fraud in Minnesota is not ‘uniquely bad’
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) published a so-called "fact check" this week which attempted to "correct misleading information and outright false claims...