Anoka, MN

A Minnesota state judge says a law that takes more than $6 million from Anoka County and gives it to the City of Anoka is unconstitutional. The county called the effort revenge politics. The post Judge sides with Anoka County in $6.2M ‘revenge politics’ funding fight first appeared on KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News.

Figuring out what to teach in Anoka Hennepin social studies classes could now hinge on the revamping of a policy designed to make sure students feel heard in the district.  The post What students see this fall may depend on a policy fix as Anoka-Hennepin Board considers changes first appeared on KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News.

The Health Department revoked the licenses for group homes owned and managed by Sekou Dukuly, the executive director of the National Port Authority of Liberia, as well as those connected to Andrea Sampson, a former Anoka County Attorney who prosecutors say used some of her properties to traffic women before converting them into group homes and billing Medicaid.

Plus: Twin Cities home prices are going up; Anoka County prosecutor charged in sex trafficking ring; Ely outfitter closes after wildfires. The post Minnesota sues Texas governor over delay in extradition of ICE agent accused in shooting appeared first on MinnPost.

Properties owned by a former Anoka County assistant attorney were used in both a sex trafficking ring and as group home sites that stole more than $1 million in Medicaid, according to charges filed Monday. Andrea Sampson, 35, owned three properties used for Medicaid fraud in state charges filed against 30-year-old Salman Ahmed Elmi.

A former Anoka County assistant attorney who spent years on the public payroll specializing in family and civil law has been charged with 26 felonies for allegedly helping run a sophisticated sex trafficking operation that preyed on women across the Twin Cities. The post Former Anoka County Prosecutor Charged in Sprawling Sex Trafficking Ring — Used Shell Companies to Hide Profits While Women Were Threatened, Assaulted, and Exploited for Years appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

A former Anoka County assistant attorney charged in a sex trafficking case was working for the county during the years the alleged operation was going on, Hennepin County prosecutors confirmed on Monday. The post Should some past cases be reviewed as ex-Anoka County prosecutor faces sex trafficking charges? Law expert says yes. first appeared on KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News.