A St. Cloud grocer stole more than $4 million in food stamp fraud and had the audacity to apply to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) for COVID-19-related unemployment. He netted $33,000 in unemployment benefits while running a food stamp fraud scheme that was so obvious that “investigators determined that the food stamp transactions totaled far more money …
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From YouGovAmerica: “When it comes to estimating the size of demographic groups, Americans rarely get it right. "In two recent YouGov polls, we asked respondents to guess the percentage (ranging from 0 to 100 percent) of American adults who are members of 43 different groups, including racial and religious groups, as well as other less frequently studied groups, such as pet owners and those who …
While we normally chide legislatures and members of Congress for some of their bad ideas, the 2022 legislative session in Minnesota produced a bipartisan, bicameral solution we think should be explored. State Reps. Hodan Hassan (DFL-Minneapolis) and Peggy Scott (R-Andover) along with their Senate counterparts, Sens. Rich Draheim (R-Madison Lake) and Ann Rest (DFL-New Hope) introduced …
[Read more...] about A Bipartisan, Bicameral Idea to Educate Our Students on Finances and Government
