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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Minnesota Newsletter for 2025-10-25 ( 13 items )  
Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: First Guilty Plea in HSS Fraud (10)
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Oct. 25 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Oct. 24, 2025: * * * First guilty plea in HSS fraud By Bill Glahn Anwar Ahmed Adow, age 25, became the first defendant to plead guilty in the Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) fraud case. He appeared yesterday in federal court in downtown St. Paul to enter his plea. Adow was one of eight defendants more PR

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Former Auditor Makes Explosive Fraud Claims About DFL (10)
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Oct. 25 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Oct. 23, 2025: * * * Former Auditor makes explosive fraud claims about DFL By Bill Glahn Yesterday, former Legislative Auditor Jim Nobles published a commentary in the Minnesota Star Tribune under the headline, Former legislative auditor: Is the Walz administration finally awake about fraud? The rece more PR

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Government Shutdown's Hidden Cost - How Expiring ACA Subsidies Expose Minnesota's Medicaid Fraud Epidemic (10)
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Oct. 25 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Oct. 23, 2025: * * * The government shutdown's hidden cost: How expiring ACA subsidies expose Minnesota's Medicaid fraud epidemic By Matt Dean As the federal government shutdown enters its fourth week, Democrats in Congress withhold votes to reopen unless Republicans extend temporary COVID-19 Obamacare more PR

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: MN Gov. Tim Walz Rails Against the Obamacare Subsidies He Voted for (10)
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Oct. 25 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Oct. 23, 2025: * * * MN Gov. Tim Walz rails against the Obamacare subsidies he voted for By Matt Dean In a new video, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz carries the national Democrats' message about health insurance subsidies home to Minnesota, while playing indoor miniature golf. As he miraculously makes put more PR

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: National Debt Hits $38 Trillion Amid Government Shutdown (10)
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Oct. 25 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Oct. 24, 2025: * * * National debt hits $38 trillion amid government shutdown By Martha Njolomole Turns out, even shutting down the government for three weeks does not save taxpayers money. According to the U.S. Treasury Department, federal debt reached $38 trillion on Wednesday this week. This amounts more PR

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Pervasive Myth of 'Cheap' Wind and Solar (10)
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Oct. 25 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Oct. 23, 2025: * * * The pervasive myth of 'cheap' wind and solar By Sarah Montalbano A recent letter to the editor in the Star Tribune -- from a Minnesota Department of Commerce official, no less -- argued that "wind and sunshine are free." Minnesotans are so often told that solar panels and wind turb more PR

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Read to Your Babies and Improve Their Brain Structure (10)
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Oct. 25 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Oct. 24, 2025: * * * Read to your babies and improve their brain structure By Josiah Padley Words, words, words! Babies and young children build the cognitive foundations for the rest of their life during their early years. From birth to age 5, a child's brain develops more rapidly than at any other t more PR

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Say 'Aloha' to Fraud (10)
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Oct. 25 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary: * * * Say 'aloha' to fraud By Bill Glahn Charged with five counts of wire and bank fraud, Jonathan Weinhagen made his first appearance this afternoon in federal court in downtown St. Paul. He was released on bond. You may recall that Weinhagen had served as head of the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Co more PR

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Sen. Klobuchar Seeks Sympathy for Retired 61-year-old With Six-figure Income Who Will Have to Vacation Less If Temporary Taxpayer Subsidies Expire (10)
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Oct. 25 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Oct. 23, 2025: * * * Sen. Klobuchar seeks sympathy for retired 61-year-old with six-figure income who will have to vacation less if temporary taxpayer subsidies expire By John Phelan The wood One of the issues at the heart of the current federal government shutdown is the expiration of certain tax cre more PR

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Signs of a School District Under Strain as Minneapolis Elementary School Uses PTA Money to Hire Teacher (10)
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Oct. 25 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Oct. 23, 2025: * * * Signs of a school district under strain as Minneapolis elementary school uses PTA money to hire teacher By Josiah Padley Minneapolis School District is facing a potential teacher strike and a $75 million budget shortfall. But Minnesota's second largest school district, serving 26,0 more PR

Craig, DeLauro Statement on White House Unlawfully Stealing Food Benefits From Americans (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2025: * * * Craig, DeLauro Statement on White House Unlawfully Stealing Food Benefits from Americans Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) and House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement concerning the Trump administration's illegal move to withhold availabl more PR

Hayes, Craig Lead House Democrats in Letter to USDA Demanding Continuation of SNAP Benefits During Republican Shutdown (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2025: * * * Hayes, Craig Lead House Democrats in Letter to USDA Demanding Continuation of SNAP Benefits During Republican Shutdown 214 House Democrats join letter following Trump admin threat not to use $5 billion SNAP contingency fund to provide November benefits * Today, House AgricultureSubcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Ran more PR

Sharon Ng Speaks at ASU Asian Pacific American Law Student Association Big Law Panel (10)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Oct. 24 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Sharon Ng Speaks at ASU Asian Pacific American Law Student Association Big Law Panel * Taft employment partner Sharon Ng was a featured speaker at Arizona State University (ASU) Sandra Day O'Connor School of Law's Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) Big Law Panel. Alongside attorneys from top firms, Ng shared her career journey, day-to-day experiences, and advic more PR