Another person pleads guilty to defrauding a Minnesota Medicaid program

A second person has pleaded guilty in connection with a scheme to defraud a Minnesota Medicaid program for children with autism. So far the feds have charged 15 people in the Medicaid cases that prompted President Donald Trump’s administration to block $260 million in funding to Minnesota.

Minnesota is suing the Trump Administration in an attempt to stop it from withholding $243 million of that Medicaid spending. The lawsuit filed Monday asks a U.S. court in Minneapolis to issue a temporary restraining order to block the withholding.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says the federal surge cost the city an additional $5.3 million dollars in policing costs. The funds covered an additional 63,000 hours of police overtime in January. Frey says the city should get reimbursed for costs by the federal government. The city is also looking for help from the state Legislature.

Republican legislators say getting license tabs for your vehicle should be less costly. A bill introduced in the Minnesota Senate would cut down the initial registration fee for new vehicle tabs and will make the fee depreciation scale fall faster in the first few years after a vehicle's purchase.

Rochester Mayor Kim Norton will not seek reelection this November. Her departure, announced Monday, leaves an opening for someone new to lead Minnesota's the third largest city and the home of Mayo Clinic.

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Minnesota sues to block Trump administration’s withholding of Medicaid funds

ICE surge meant thousands of extra calls, canceled time off, lots of OT for MPD officers

Rochester Mayor Kim Norton announces she will not seek reelection this year

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