Now that Gov. Tim Walz has announced that he will not seek a third term, who are potential Democratic candidates to replace him? FOX9 has a few ideas of who might jump into the race.

In other local political news, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is set to be sworn in for a third term today at the Pantages Theatre in  downtown Minneapolis, the Minnesota Star Tribune reports. “Frey is the city’s 48^th mayor and the strongest in Minneapolis history after voters approved changes to the city charter in 2021 that shifted power from the City Council to the mayor.”

“The Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families conducted compliance checks on nine child care centers embroiled in controversy after a viral video accused them of fraud, finding the centers were ‘operating as expected,’” MPR News reports. “The nine child care facilities were captured in a viral video made by right-wing content creator Nick Shirley, who visited several Somali-owned centers in an attempt to expose widespread fraud. The video prompted calls for an investigation, a freezing of federal funds and racist rhetoric toward the Somali community.”

With the increased scrutiny on Minnesota’s social service providers, “some housing coordinators and assistance programs backed by state dollars have found themselves audited repeatedly, if not cut off from state funding, as the state cracks down on eye-popping social service frauds,” according to the Pioneer Press. With no access to state reimbursement, some providers have put their services on hold.

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