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3 weeks ago | 
winonadailynews.com | Jeffrey Meitrodt
State lawmakers have introduced 22 proposals to bolster accountability and transparency in Minnesota’s troubled charter school sector, but legislative leaders said more significant reforms probably will not happen until 2026. Although charter schools were created to produce better educational outcomes, most fail to deliver on that promise.
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3 weeks ago | 
startribune.com | Jeffrey Meitrodt
By Jeffrey Meitrodt The Legislature is considering bills that would increase public oversight of charter schools, but some bills are struggling to gain bipartisan support. The Minnesota Star Tribune April 20, 2025 at 12:30PM "There is still some work to be done next year, but I think we did a great job this year taking care of some of the issues the Star Tribune brought to your readers' attention in your series," said Sen.
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3 weeks ago | 
startribune.com | Jeffrey Meitrodt
By Jeffrey Meitrodt "To me, it's indefensible," said Gemberling, who is now spokesman for the nonprofit Minnesota Coalition on Government Information. "The open meetings law is not that complicated. After all these years, they ought to be able to do what they are supposed to do."Governance problems have been linked to the failure of dozens of charter schools in Minnesota.
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1 month ago | 
startribune.com | Jeffrey Meitrodt
In a rare rebuke, the Minnesota Department of Education is threatening to terminate a nonprofit's authority to regulate charter schools for the state after a series of oversight failures showed the organization lacks the capacity to act as an authorizer, records show. In a March 27 letter obtained by the Minnesota Star Tribune, state officials criticized Pillsbury United Communities of Minneapolis for failing to address problems at nine of the 16 schools it oversees.
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1 month ago | 
thebrunswicknews.com | Jeffrey Meitrodt
By Jeffrey Meitrodt, The Minnesota Star Tribune MINNEAPOLIS - Salim Said liked to shop at Nordstrom, where he would spend as much as $9,000 a month on clothes and other luxury goods in 2021. Aimee Bock took two trips to Las Vegas with her boyfriend, where they spent thousands of dollars in 2021 renting exotic sports cars and shopping at high-end retail outlets such as Gucci and Louis Vuitton.
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1 month ago | 
thederrick.com | Jeffrey Meitrodt
MINNEAPOLIS – Salim Said liked to shop at Nordstrom, where he would spend as much as $9,000 a month on clothes and other luxury goods in 2021. Aimee Bock took two trips to Las Vegas with her boyfriend, where they spent thousands of dollars in 2021 renting exotic sports cars and shopping at high-end retail outlets such as Gucci and Louis Vuitton. Thank you for reading! Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.
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1 month ago | 
miamiherald.com | Jeffrey Meitrodt
MINNEAPOLIS – Salim Said liked to shop at Nordstrom, where he would spend as much as $9,000 a month on clothes and other luxury goods in 2021. Aimee Bock took two trips to Las Vegas with her boyfriend, where they spent thousands of dollars in 2021 renting exotic sports cars and shopping at high-end retail outlets such as Gucci and Louis Vuitton.
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1 month ago | 
startribune.com | Jeffrey Meitrodt
Salim Said liked to shop at Nordstrom, where he would spend as much as $9,000 a month on clothes and other luxury goods in 2021. Aimee Bock took two trips to Las Vegas with her boyfriend, where they spent thousands of dollars in 2021 renting exotic sports cars and shopping at high-end retail outlets such as Gucci and Louis Vuitton.
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1 month ago | 
gazettextra.com | Jeffrey Meitrodt
MINNEAPOLIS – Salim Said liked to shop at Nordstrom, where he would spend as much as $9,000 a month on clothes and other luxury goods in 2021. Aimee Bock took two trips to Las Vegas with her boyfriend, where they spent thousands of dollars in 2021 renting exotic sports cars and shopping at high-end retail outlets such as Gucci and Louis Vuitton. kAm~E96C 4@?DA:C2E@CD :? E96 >2DD:G6 u665:?8 ~FC uFEFC6 7C2F5 D42> H:C65 2 =2C86 A@CE:@?
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1 month ago | 
winonadailynews.com | Jeffrey Meitrodt
A federal jury found Feeding Our Future leader Aimee Bock and her alleged accomplice, Minneapolis restaurant owner Salim Said, guilty on all counts Wednesday after only about five hours of deliberation. Jurors had a mountain of evidence to sift through after listening to more than 30 witnesses testify over five weeks in the high-profile case — part of a sprawling $250 million federal investigation that’s charged 70 people, the largest pandemic-related fraud in the country.
