If there’s one thing bringing state lawmakers together this session, it’s this: Fighting fraud. In particular, protecting the billions Minnesota spends on Medicaid, the program that serves nearly a quarter of the state’s population,

Minnesota’s governor wants to crack down on Medicaid fraud with the help of artificial intelligence. The idea comes at a time when much of the country is struggling to convict and recover money from Medicaid scammers.

The State of Minnesota says it is trying to traverse potential impacts of a federal funding freeze that was set to be put in place by President Trump's administration on Tuesday.

Minnesota state officials were scrambling Tuesday to assess a potentially wide-ranging pause on federal grants and loans issued by the Trump administration. The funding freeze could affect the billions of dollars Minnesota gets each year from the federal government while agencies do an overview of whether taxpayer resources are being used to “advance Marxist equity,

A Trump administration spending freeze directly imperils $1.9 billion in monthly federal spending in Minnesota, nearly $23 billion annually, according to an estimate from Gov. Tim Walz’s office. “Donald Trump’s reckless action cut off funding to law enforcement,

The unilateral decision by President Donald Trump to temporarily freeze federal funding already approved by Congress threatens up to $1.9 billion in monthly funding in Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz said.

In his new budget, Gov. Tim Walz recommends restraining growth in the state’s disability waiver program — one of the best funded of its kind in the country. That has sparked worry despite Walz assurances that access and quality won’t suffer.

A national, county-by-county analysis of Medicaid and CHIP enrollment by Georgetown University and University of Minnesota researchers shows where proposed Medicaid cuts would hit hardest.

Minnesota has joined other Democratic states in suit to halt Trump's federal funding action that threatens social programs.

Head Start, the nation’s signature early education program, serves some of the neediest kids, including those who are homeless, in foster care and coming from low-income households. The free program is a lifeline for low-income families who need to work but cannot afford private child care.

A federal judge has blocked a federal funding freeze ordered by the Trump administration, but not before Minnesota leaders could react to its possible implications.

The Pathways to Racial Equity in Medicaid: Improving the Health and Opportunity of American Indians in Minnesota report calls for investing in traditional healing practices and redefining health ...