News Summary

• The alleged fraudsters behind the notorious “ Quality Learing Center ” day care facility in Minnesota raked in nearly a quarter of a million dollars worth of pandemic-era loans.
• That day care center had a misspelled name and a near-empty parking lot when YouTuber Nick Shirley stopped by for his viral video last year.
• The facility, which shuttered in January, had garnered some $1.9 million from Minnesota’s Child Care Assistance Program last year and some $10 million in state funding since 2019.
• A probe by Sen.
• Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) found that it had also received federal assistance from the Small Business Administration back in April and May 2020 during the first Trump administration.