A visibly frustrated Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed two executive orders on Tuesday, Dec. 16, aimed at addressing gun violence after his push for sweeping gun control laws failed to gain traction in the narrowly divided Legislature.

Some $9 billion in Medicaid claims paid out in Minnesota could be fraudulent, according to a federal prosecutor involved with the probe. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson said that possibly more than half of $18 billion paid out in the midwestern state to at least 14 programs may have been fraudulent, the Associated Press reported.