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Health and Human Services freezes child care funds to Minnesota amid renewed focus on fraud

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Minnesota Public Radio’s politics editor Brian Bakst about what the federal freeze in aid will mean in his state.

There’s renewed focus on fraud allegations in Minnesota following a right-wing influencer’s claims last week that day care centers, many of them run by members of the Somali community, are closed despite receiving federal funds.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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