Local Lawmaker's View: Trust without guardrails failed Minnesota taxpayers

Local Lawmaker's View: Trust without guardrails failed Minnesota taxpayers

“This is Minnesota; how much fraud could there really be?” That is a question many Minnesotans understandably ask. Unfortunately, the answer is far more troubling than most would expect. When I began my first term in the Legislature in 2023, Minnesota had an $18.5 billion surplus. During that same period, millions of dollars were poured into multiple medical-assistance programs without the basic accounting guardrails that every school district, …