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Paid Leave program protections aim to reduce fraudulent usage
By Mike Cook
A family and medical benefit insurance program for full- and part-time Minnesota workers begins Jan. 1, 2026.
Per its website, Minnesota Paid Leave “provides payments and job protections to people who need time away from work for their own health or to care for a family member.”
The program’s arrival comes after the well-publicized potential that billions of dollars in fraud have been uncovered in other state-run programs, including “Feeding Our Future,” housing stabilization and autism treatment.
“It is our strong hope that internal controls in this program are robust and are followed because we do not want to be back here a year from now having a fraud hearing,” said Rep. Kristin Robbins (R-Maple Grove). She chairs the House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee that received an overview Wednesday of anti-fraud controls.
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By Margaret Stevens
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By Lisa Kaczke
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The House passed the con...
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By Margaret Stevens
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By Brian Basham
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Spons...
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By Brian Basham
In the next few weeks, summer unemployment insurance for hourly and temporary school workers will kick in.
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Substitute teacher program, charter school PSEO access in education policy bill that clears House
By Brian Basham
Post-secondary eligibility options, substitute teachers and epinephrine delivery systems are parts of a bill getting a favorable grade Friday night.
Sponsored by Rep. Sydney...
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By Mike Cook A veterans homes funding bump, enlistment and retention bonuses, and honoring people who fought alongside United States military members are all part of a bill that could get le...Session Daily Home
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Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, husband killed in attack
By HPIS Staff
House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman (DFL-Brooklyn Park) and her husband, Mark, were fatally shot in their home early Saturday morning.
Gov. Tim Walz announced the news dur...
Lawmakers deliver budget bills to governor's desk in one-day special session
By Mike Cook
About that talk of needing all 21 hours left in a legislative day to complete a special session?
House members were more than up to the challenge Monday. Beginning at 10 a.m...
