WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Joni Ernst issued the following press release:
Some people never lear.
An audit found Minnesota paying millions of dollars for fraudulent child care services - nearly a decade ago!
At that time, the state's nonpartisan legislative auditor warned more needed to be done to combat child care fraud, including verifying attendance.
Apparently, the state didn't lear any lessons from that scandal, but the fraudsters certainly did.
Just last year, a federal inspector general review found that once again "Minnesota's limited oversight of attendance documentation at child care centers" was costing taxpayers for services that weren't being provided.
Then 23-year-old YouTube journalist Nick Shirley blew the lid off a w...