Emmy Martin
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Business reporter @startribune.
Minneapolis, MN
Joined May 2018
I’m tracking reports of ICE activity across the Twin Cities. If you have firsthand information or know anyone who has been detained, please reach out to me privately on Signal.
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As reports of federal immigration enforcement activity ripple across Minnesota, Twin Cities school districts are issuing unusually direct, and in some cases defiant, messages to families. Gift link:
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School districts are increasing security and pledge to deny federal agents entry without a judge’s order.
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Stillwater prison is shutting down by 2029. But first? It's testing a radical idea: Give incarcerated people more freedom, and watch violence drop. Here's what I saw inside Minnesota’s new "earned living unit." Gift link⤵️ https://t.co/u3Znk3SDWk
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Inmates say the prison, which will close by 2029, feels transformed as the new “earned living unit” offers inmates more freedom. Staffers report fewer problems.
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Sixteen months after a Stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis, Mary Ann Gwost Hennen is still beating the odds. But with her insurance ending, she now has to navigate open-market plans to keep her $16K infusions going. Gift link:
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Mary Ann Gwost Hennen says she is living with cancer, not dying from it — but insurance roadblocks and slow progress on treatments add to her stress.
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A large crowd rushed to an apparent federal immigration raid in St. Paul today. Protesters say officers used chemical irritants, smoke canisters and less-lethal rounds. Several were treated on scene. Mayor Carter, on site, said he “has questions” for ICE.
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The confrontation unfolded on Maryland Avenue on the city’s East Side.
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News: The new deal between Fairview Health Services and University of Minnesota Physicians has erupted into public turmoil — thrusting President Dr. Rebecca Cunningham into one of the most serious trials of her year-old tenure. https://t.co/hC2fWEP5tZ
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Letters from Fairview and a major donor intensify questions about her leadership and the future of the University of Minnesota’s health system.
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University of Minnesota administrators have fired more leaders of the doctors’ group that negotiated a controversial contract, signaling escalating tensions between Fairview Health Services and the U’s doctors. Scoop (gift link): https://t.co/tufwyT3KwW
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The firings stem from a Board of Regents directive to resolve ‘conflicts’ created by the doctor-Fairview negotiations, the U said.
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News: Days after harshly criticizing a deal between Fairview Health Services and the University of Minnesota’s doctors, U administrators have fired the CEO of the doctors’ group that negotiated the contract. https://t.co/9PLcnURr3X
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Dr. Greg Beilman remains interim CEO of University of Minnesota Physicians as tensions grow over a new clinical partnership.
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A private-equity plan turned into a gut punch for Minnesota Rusco — workers out of jobs, customers stranded, projects abandoned. Here’s how the collapse happened: https://t.co/vqG81eN7Gs
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A private-equity deal promised growth for one of Minnesota’s oldest remodelers. Instead, its parent company’s bankruptcy left workers jobless and customers with unfinished homes.
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The spending bill passed by the U.S. House and signed by the president Wednesday will essentially prohibit hemp-based THC products nationwide in a year. Minnesotan companies are prepared to fight. W/ @RyanFaircloth
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A spending bill passed by the U.S. House and signed by the president Wednesday will essentially prohibit hemp-based THC products nationwide in a year.
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If you'd told me six years ago that a bunch of conservative republicans would be at the front line of defending any kind of federal cannabis policy, I would not have believed you. [thread]
I have long believed that the regulation of hemp and marijuana products should rest with each individual state. Reasonable minds can disagree, and a blanket federal prohibition disempowers the voters in each of the fifty States. A one-size-fits-all federal standard will
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New: Minnesota’s pioneering hemp-derived THC industry could collapse if a provision included in the deal to end the federal government shutdown becomes law. w/ @RyanFaircloth, @mattdelong
https://t.co/Riya4cabqO
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A spending bill passed by the U.S. Senate would essentially ban hemp-based THC products nationwide.
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New: The Minnesota Department of Corrections has cut Stillwater prison’s population by 60% ahead of its closure. Since January, about 750 of 1,200 inmates have been moved, mostly to Rush City and Lino Lakes. https://t.co/bBADhfiZQH
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The first phase of the closure began on Oct. 1, reducing the Stillwater incarcerated population by approximately 60% from more than 1,200 earlier this year through transfers.
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Target workers face long weekend as layoffs loom on Tuesday
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The announcement has sparked an online debate about whether the lag is fair to employees. Experts weigh in on what is the best practice.
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New: Young women surpassed men in cannabis use in 2023, and more women in their 30s to 50s are finding a new nightcap in THC seltzers. Seeing that opportunity, Minneapolis brands like Gigli and BLNCD are designing products with women in mind. https://t.co/RafkLI0UcO
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Local THC brands have noticed and are marketing toward women to increase sales.
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New: Zoning limits, cautious landlords and federal banking rules have made real estate one of the steepest climbs in Minnesota’s emerging cannabis industry. After more than 20 landlord rejections, entrepreneur Brian Bartley finally found a way in. https://t.co/ReMUesNQfO
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Entrepreneurs face a “green tax” of high rents, wary landlords and zoning restrictions as they race to launch under new state licenses.
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NEW: Two years after Minnesota passed a law allowing inmates to shorten their sentences through individualized treatment and education plans, only six people have been released — far fewer than advocates expected. https://t.co/e68yNPVQ0c
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Formerly incarcerated Minnesotans and advocates call for full implementation two years after the law was passed. The Department of Corrections says it’s taking a careful approach and will expand a...
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NEW: POLITICO obtained private group chat messages between leaders of Young Republican groups across the country. They talk about putting their opponents in gas chambers, raping their enemies and refer to Black people as “monkey” and “the watermelon people” https://t.co/Ba28MweLYa
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Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
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NEW: The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management offered anxiously awaited clarity in a memo sent late today for THC drink and edible makers on the state’s new licensing system. It came a week after a meeting with concerned industry representatives. https://t.co/GNsPZtNnjq
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Office of Cannabis Management released a memo Friday providing guidance on the state’s new licensing system for THC beverage makers.
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New: Minnesota native and futurist Peter Leyden kicked off the Minnesota Star Tribune’s North Star Summit with a prediction about how technology disruption in AI, energy and bioengineering will usher in a new ‘golden age.’ Read more: https://t.co/E7gN5tmfzp
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A Minnesota native and former Wired magazine editor, futurist Leyden said the next 25 years could rival the Industrial Revolution as advances in AI, clean energy and bioengineering all scale at a...
Watch live at 8:45 a.m.: Peter Leyden explores the future of AI at North Star Summit
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