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KARE 11 Investigates: Federal watchdog finds veterans owed millions on VA home loans

KARE 11 Investigates: Federal watchdog finds veterans owed millions on VA home loans

KARE 11 Investigates: Federal watchdog finds veterans owed millions on VA home loans

Citing documents first exposed by KARE 11, the VA Inspector General says top VA officials repeatedly failed to refund improper loan fees to disabled veterans.

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KARE 11 Investigates: Prescription price secrecy

Minnesota enacts law to ban pharmacy ‘gag clauses’ and to require more disclosure about prescription drug pricing.

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KARE 11 Investigates: Legislature fails to protect children from radon

New records reveal most MN school districts still ignore state and federal guidelines to check buildings for radon – and lawmakers refused to make testing mandatory.

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KARE 11 Investigates: Polygamist leader ordered to halt construction

Citing possible wetlands violations, local officials in Northern Minnesota have issued a temporary cease and desist order to FLDS leader Seth Jeffs.

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Mohamed Noor faces new lawsuit

A driver claims Noor and his partner used excessive force by pulling their weapons during a 2017 traffic stop.

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KARE 11 Investigates: Home loan refunds due to thousands

A Lakeville man who saw KARE 11’s investigation has applied for more than $11,000 in refunds the government didn’t tell him about.

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KARE 11 Investigates: Family advocates celebrate elder care reforms

For the first time Minnesota will license assisted living facilities, the last state in the nation to do so. It’s the culmination of a two-year battle by families who’ve experienced abuse and neglect in facilities.

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KARE 11 Investigates: Construction equipment at polygamist property

New photos show construction equipment has already arrived at a remote Minnesota property linked to a religious sect known for its child brides.

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KARE 11 Investigates: Whistleblowers say veterans are owed millions

Top VA officials failed to alert veterans nationwide about more than $150 million in refunds due on their VA home loans.

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KARE 11 Investigates: Congress acts on child abuse bill

In the wake of a KARE 11 investigation, Congress is considering a bill to improve coordination of Child Protection cases across state lines.

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KARE 11 Investigates: MN veteran’s billion dollar legal battle

A Minnesota veteran won a landmark case that impacts hundreds of thousands of veterans nationwide. So why haven’t they been paid?

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New laws proposed in wake of KARE 11 ‘Stay Away Pay’ investigation

State lawmakers want to limit the time public employees can be paid not to come to work because they are under investigation.

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KARE 11 Investigates: ‘Stay Away Pay’ costs taxpayers millions

Records obtained by KARE 11 show Minnesota taxpayers are shelling out millions of dollars to public employees told not to come to work because they are under investigation.

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KARE 11 Investigates: MN Senate kills school radon reform

Efforts to protect kids and teachers from exposure to the cancer-causing gas radon go up in smoke in the Minnesota Senate.

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KARE 11 Investigates wins Society of Professional Journalists award

The award was given for a story of how taxpayers were ripped off while officials here in Minnesota were apparently asleep at the wheel.

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KARE 11 Investigates: Was Leo Lewis a scapegoat for failed financial oversight?

Minneapolis School Superintendent dodges questions about missing money, broken safes and financial irregularities.

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