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New fraud concerns surface in Minnesota medical transportation program

Providers and prosecutors have seen issues in the Medicaid-funded nonemergency medical transportation program for years. It’s the subject of a new video by conservative influencer Nick Shirley.
January 15, 2026
Nick Shirley speaks during a roundtable meeting with President Donald Trump on antifa in the State Dining Room at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, in Washington, as Savanah Hernandez listens. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Attendance drops at Minnesota schools as federal immigration enforcement intensifies anxieties

More Twin Cities schools are offering online learning as worry rises over the surge in ICE activity, especially after a parent was detained at their child’s schoolbus stop Wednesday in Crystal.
January 15, 2026

‘Never seen anything like this’: ICE delving deep into Minnesota workplaces

Immigration lawyers say ICE is focusing on smaller employers in workplace enforcement under President Donald Trump’s second term.
January 15, 2026

Lawyer for Renee Good’s family says ICE targeted ‘best of the best’ when agent killed her, promises transparency

Antonio Romanucci tells the Minnesota Star Tribune that competing federal and state investigations is making his job more difficult.
January 15, 2026

Renee Good came to Minneapolis seeking a safe place. Less than a year later, she was killed.

After years as a military wife, Good was starting over when an encounter with ICE agents cut her new life short.
January 14, 2026
Renee Nicole Good stands on a beach at sunset. She wears a red gown and is smiling into the camera.

Homeland Security presence in Minnesota dwarfs Twin Cities’ largest police forces

If 3,000 federal agents land in Minnesota, their footprint will be bigger than the 10 largest metro police departments combined.
January 13, 2026

FBI inquiry into ICE shooting is examining Renee Good’s possible ties to activist groups

Former department officials warned that such a broad inquiry raised the specter that forms of political protests could be criminalized.
January 13, 2026

GoFundMe, other online campaigns raising big money for ICE agent who killed Renee Good

A GoFundMe official said the fundraising effort is under review for its compliance with company policy.
January 12, 2026

ICE presence grows as Minneapolis grapples with fallout of fatal shooting

Federal officials send more agents to Minnesota amid protests, walkouts and an escalating fight over oversight.
January 12, 2026
Thousands of people march together, calling for justice for Renee Nicole Good and for ICE to leave Minnesota, in Minneapolis on Jan. 10, 2026.

Tribal leaders say ICE is detaining American Indians during immigration sweeps

The Oglala Sioux Tribe is trying to locate four members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
January 12, 2026

City: 30 arrests, some damage caused during raucous ICE protest in downtown Minneapolis

Protesters were staged outside a hotel where ICE agents are believed to be staying and made noise for hours.
January 12, 2026

What we know about the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis

Video evidence, protests and a fight over the investigation shape the days after Renee Good’s death.
January 11, 2026
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