All Things Considered

Busy week as legislative session ends, feds detail Medicaid fraud charges

Gov Walz speaks
Gov. Tim Walz speaks to the media about upcoming gun control legislation at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul on Feb. 24.
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This week in Minnesota politics began with the 2026 legislative session coming to an end and finished with federal authorities charging 15 people with bilking Medicaid programs in Minnesota.

All Things Considered host Clay Masters and the MPR News politics team break down a week in Minnesota politics with a recap on what got done in the session, and a look toward next week’s party conventions.

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