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Minnesota's Education Department is getting an inspector general who can investigate allegations of fraud, waste and abuse after the agency was scrutinized for its oversight in the Feeding Our Future case. State education officials say the addition of an Office of Inspector General gives them something they lacked in the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud case: Investigatory power. The new .
The program evaluation from her office indicates there have been 658 construction "change orders" totaling nearly $220 million. At a current estimate of $2.7 billion, the project is nearly $1.5 billion over its original budget of $1.25 billion.
Legislative Auditor Judy Randall's comments came amid a series of special audits directed by the Legislature to dig into the Southwest Light Rail Transit project.
AFSCME Council 5 reached an agreement Friday with the state that will bring a $20 minimum wage and cost of living raises of 5.5% and 4.5% over the next two years.