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Jessie Van Berkel

@jessvanb6.6K followers

Reporter @StarTribune covering social services. Signal: jvanberkel.44 [email protected] 651.925.5044

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Last Front PageMAY 15, 2026Latest appearance

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Judge questions DHS payment halts

He says it may be improperly suspending Medicaid pay without required review.

View Front PageMinnesota Star Tribune • MAY 15, 2026

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Judge questions DHS payment halts

He says it may be improperly suspending Medicaid pay without required review.

With:Sofia Barnett

Minnesota Star Tribune•MAY 15, 2026•Lead Story

The paper highlights a judicial check on state executive power, focusing on the procedural legality of the Department of Human Services' anti-fraud measures.

FBI raids 22 sites in state, escalating fraud probe

Homeland Security says searches were related to “the rampant fraud of U.S. taxpayer dollars.”

Minnesota Star Tribune•APR 29, 2026•Lead Story

The paper leads with factual, procedurally focused reporting on a large-scale federal law enforcement action against local childcare centers, emphasising the breadth of the operation.

They rely on state programs caught up in fraud crackdown

With:Bill Lukitsch

Minnesota Star Tribune•APR 26, 2026

Providers: Stop disability service

Independent living program called flawed and open to fraud; some urge state to start over.

Minnesota Star Tribune•APR 22, 2026•Lead Story

The paper leads with a sober policy-focused angle, emphasising calls from within the sector to overhaul rather than merely patch a troubled state program.

Long-term care center deaths raise red flags

Minnesota Star Tribune•APR 12, 2026

Highlights institutional regulatory failures following an investigative report on elder care maltreatment.

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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Jessie Van Berkel in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.