Minnesota Education Commissioner Willie Jett testifies during a June 2024 Minnesota legislative hearing. (Minnesota Senate Media Services/YouTube) Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) Commissioner Willie Jett is pushing back on a U.S. Department of Education request to certify that no
The Minnesota House chamber pictured in January 2025. (Hayley Feland/Alpha News) Minnesota Republicans say they are disturbed by a newly released recording of Attorney General Keith Ellison pledging support to individuals who were later charged in the $250
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (Photo by Lorie Shaull/CC BY 2.0) When the Feeding Our Future scandal broke, Minnesotans were rightfully outraged. More than $250 million—taxpayer dollars meant to feed low-income children during the pandemic—was instead funneled into
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson talks with Alpha News reporter Liz Collin. (Alpha News) Now that the most critical trial involving the largest COVID relief fraud in the country has come to a close, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe
Shutterstock (Center of the American Experiment) — Minnesota homeschool enrollment for the 2024-2025 school year is the highest on record, surpassing even the spike during COVID and school closures. New enrollment data from the Minnesota Department of Education reports 31,216
Aimee Bock testifies in federal court during her trial in the Feeding Our Future case. (Credit: Cedric Hohnstadt) Jurors in the Feeding Our Future trial returned guilty verdicts for Aimee Bock and Salim Said after a brief deliberation
Feeding Our Future CEO Aimee Bock in the courtroom with her attorney, Ken Udoibok. (Credit: Cedric Hohnstadt) Attorneys in the Feeding Our Future trial of Aimee Bock and Salim Said made their closing arguments to the jury yesterday.
Aimee Bock testifies in court last week on direct examination by defense attorney Kenneth Udoibok. (Credit: Cedric Hohnstadt) Aimee Bock, the alleged mastermind behind the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme, took the stand in her own
Sen. Omar Fateh stands behind Feeding Our Future CEO Aimee Bock during a June 2021 event. (Xogmaal Media/YouTube) As the trial of Feeding Our Future’s mastermind Aimee Bock heads into its fifth week, courtroom testimony has painted a
Tezzaree El-Amin Champion/prior booking photo Hennepin County Jail A Minneapolis non-profit executive and business consultant pleaded guilty in federal court to leading a scheme to defraud a number of federal, state, local, private programs and other sources of
A Minnesota Department of Education office building in St. Paul, Minn. (Hayley Feland/Alpha News) (Center of the American Experiment) — Starting this fall for the 2025-26 school year, Minnesota’s public schools will be required to teach third graders
Assistant U.S. Attorney Dan Bobier points at Aimee Bock during opening arguments earlier this month. (Credit: Cedric Hohnstadt) Testimony resumed Monday at the Feeding Our Future fraud trial as Aimee Bock’s defense team cross-examined FBI Special Agent Jared
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