Josh Verges

1 week ago | twincities.com | Josh Verges

State officials were right to disqualify Partners In Nutrition from federal food program participation last year as part of the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud investigation, a Minnesota Appeals Court panel ruled Monday. Although none of the 70 people charged in the Feeding Our Future investigation worked directly for Partners In Nutrition, both nonprofits saw explosive growth in food reimbursement claims during the coronavirus pandemic, when state oversight was minimal.

Jul 23, 2024 | twincities.com | Josh Verges

Hamline University has agreed to settle the religious discrimination lawsuit brought by an art history instructor who lost her job after showing paintings of the Prophet Muhammad during an October 2022 class. The tentative deal was reached Monday night after a 12-hour settlement conference, according to U.S. District Court records. The terms are not public.

Jan 30, 2024 | yahoo.com | Josh Verges

References to movies and music dominated the fourth annual Great Minnesota Pun-Together, better known as MnDOT’s Name a Snowplow Contest. Three of the eight plows will bear references to female musicians: Taylor Drift, Dolly Plowton and Beyonsleigh. Four names were inspired by films: Barbie’s Dream Plow, Fast and Flurrious, Clark W. Blizzwald and You’re Killin’ Me Squalls. (That last one’s from 1993’s “The Sandlot.”)The other winner was Waipahinte, a Dakota word for snowplow.

Jan 30, 2024 | inforum.com | Josh Verges

ST. PAUL — References to movies and music dominated the fourth annual Great Minnesota Pun-Together, better known as MnDOT’s Name a Snowplow Contest. Three of the eight plows will bear references to female musicians: Taylor Drift, Dolly Plowton and Beyonsleigh. Four names were inspired by films: Barbie’s Dream Plow, Fast and Flurrious, Clark W. Blizzwald and You’re Killin’ Me Squalls. (That last one is from 1993’s “The Sandlot.”)The other winner was Waipahinte, a Dakota word for snowplow.

Aug 21, 2023 | twincities.com | Kristi Miller |Josh Verges

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit a group of parents and taxpayers brought against the Lakeville school district in hopes of getting Black Lives Matter posters banned from the community’s schools. U.S. District Judge Jerry W. Blackwell dismissed the lawsuit, stating that the posters constituted government speech and therefore did not fall under the First Amendment challenge.