Step aside Reflecting Pool algae bloom — ‘pistachio tide’ is killing hundreds of fish in Baltimore harbor Baltimore’s Inner Harbor had three fish kills last year, all within a few weeks of each other The Independent UK · Jul 9
Could Minnesota officials have stopped Feeding our Future fraud sooner? MINNEAPOLIS — Why did it take almost two years for government officials to shut down Feeding Our Future and cut off payments to individuals now accused of orchestrating the nation's largest pandemic fraud? Tribune News Service · Oct 29, 2022
Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen repeats false rumor that schools have litter boxes for 'furry' students MINNEAPOLIS — At a campaign stop in Hutchinson last week distributed in a video on social media, GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen claimed that schools allow children to use litter boxes to urinate. Tribune News Service · Oct 4, 2022
GOP attacks Minnesota governor in $250M food fraud case Republicans have attacked Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, after a judge took the rare public step of disputing the administration’s claim that the judge prevented it from cutting off payments to Feeding Our Future The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2022
Minnesota governor pushes back against food fraud criticism Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is pushing back against critics who say his administration should have done more to thwart what federal prosecutors have called a scheme to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to defraud the U.S. government of at least $250 million The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022
Founder of Minnesota nonprofit among 48 people charged in $250 million federal food aid fraud scheme MINNEAPOLIS — The director of the Feeding Our Future nonprofit and 47 other people were charged Tuesday in what federal prosecutors say was a "massive scheme" to defraud the government of more than $250 million meant to feed needy children during the pandemic. Tribune News Service · Sep 21, 2022
Maryland moves to take charge of troubled Baltimore wastewater treatment plant amid worries of possible ‘catastrophic failures’ BALTIMORE — Maryland’s Secretary of the Environment Ben Grumbles has directed the state to take charge of operations at Baltimore City’s troubled Back River Wastewater Treatment plant in Dundalk — the largest such facility in the state. Tribune News Service · Mar 28, 2022
Minnesota Somali community on edge over FBI fraud allegations MINNEAPOLIS — A recent meeting at Minneapolis' Karmel Mall was urgent for the Somali American leaders who convened it: FBI agents had been peppering business owners and shoppers with questions surrounding a fraud investigation involving government-funded child nutrition programs, and the leaders felt the whole community was once again under… Tribune News Service · Mar 14, 2022