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Minnesota's stimulus money will create work for state auditors.

Finance and Commerce Daily Newspaper, MN

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Byline: Charley Shaw

The federal stimulus money is expected to create a lot of work for state auditors who regularly pour over the state's financial books in search of fraud and mismanagement.

Legislative Auditor James Nobles told a joint House and Senate commission Thursday that he is already anticipating allegations of mishandling the more than $2 billion that will flow into Minnesota. Nobles told the Legislative Commission on Planning and Fiscal Policy that his office will receive requests for special reviews and investigations.

We will process them how we do with all the allegations we receive, Nobles said.

In the last few months, Nobles' auditors have released …

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