Dustin P. Walsh
@dustinpwalsh.bsky.social
Blue-eyed son of a mechanic. Defender of rural America. Senior reporter for @crainsdetroit covering health care and marijuana, sometimes economics and labor.
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How a tiny Michigan tourist town became Weed City, USA
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How a tiny Michigan tourist town became Weed City, USA
With the lowest cannabis prices in the nation, Michigan’s border towns have become lucrative outposts for the state’s operators.
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June 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
How a tiny Michigan tourist town became Weed City, USA
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Weed is a legitimate business in Michigan — but crime is still a problem www.crainsdetroit.com/cannabis/can... (via @dustinpwalsh.bsky.social)
Weed is a legitimate business in Michigan — but crime is still a problem
The legalization of marijuana sales in Michigan was supposed to bring a black market industry into the light. Seven years later, crime hasn't stopped.
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February 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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An FBI investigation and lawsuits hinting at a potential financial Ponzi scheme. Michigan marijuana processor Choice Labs and grower Glorious Cannabis are now in receivership to protect against the misdeeds of one of their owners.
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Weed companies enter receivership as part-owner faces mounting legal troubles
Two Michigan marijuana companies have given up control of their assets as lawsuits pile up against one of their owners.
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February 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
An FBI investigation and lawsuits hinting at a potential financial Ponzi scheme. Michigan marijuana processor Choice Labs and grower Glorious Cannabis are now in receivership to protect against the misdeeds of one of their owners.
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The Biden administration moved Friday to negotiate the prices Medicare pays for the blockbuster weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, medications costing the massive government health program billions of dollars a year.
Medicare to negotiate price of Ozempic, Wegovy weight-loss drugs
Federal officials are targeting the blockbuster drugs as part of their ongoing initiative to lower drug costs.
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January 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The Biden administration moved Friday to negotiate the prices Medicare pays for the blockbuster weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, medications costing the massive government health program billions of dollars a year.
$25 ounces. Buy one, get one packs of gummies. It's a weed fire sale in Michigan and consumers are eating / smoking it up.
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Weed is cheaper than ever. Michigan still broke a sales record in 2024.
In 2024, the industry sold more than $3.29 billion in marijuana, an increase of 7.6% over 2023, according to newly released data from the Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency.
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January 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
$25 ounces. Buy one, get one packs of gummies. It's a weed fire sale in Michigan and consumers are eating / smoking it up.
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BREAKING: PharmaCo, a marijuana company linked to a bribery scandal with former Michigan House Speaker Rick Johnson, is now in receivership. It allegedly owes more than $20 million to a Canadian lender.
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Cannabis company linked to Johnson bribery scandal enters receivership
Southfield-based PharmaCo Inc. — a cannabis company linked to a bribery scheme to Michigan’s then-top marijuana regulator Rick Johnson — has entered court-supervised receivership.The receivership stem...
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January 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
BREAKING: PharmaCo, a marijuana company linked to a bribery scandal with former Michigan House Speaker Rick Johnson, is now in receivership. It allegedly owes more than $20 million to a Canadian lender.
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After UM Health avoided two strikes late last year, 2,700 nurses to strike at its Sparrow facilities in the Lansing region. A 5-day strike starting on Jan. 20.
The workers are demanding higher wages, better insurance benefits and safer working conditions.
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The workers are demanding higher wages, better insurance benefits and safer working conditions.
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2,000 UM Health-Sparrow nurses and health care workers plan strike
The Professional Employee Council of Sparrow Hospital-Michigan Nurses Association said its members will strike after five months of unsuccessful contract negotiations.
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January 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
After UM Health avoided two strikes late last year, 2,700 nurses to strike at its Sparrow facilities in the Lansing region. A 5-day strike starting on Jan. 20.
The workers are demanding higher wages, better insurance benefits and safer working conditions.
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The workers are demanding higher wages, better insurance benefits and safer working conditions.
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While, yes, it's completely silly to rename the Gulf of Mexico, it really is the Sea of America.
100% you should read Jack E. Davis' book on the Gulf.
100% you should read Jack E. Davis' book on the Gulf.
January 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
While, yes, it's completely silly to rename the Gulf of Mexico, it really is the Sea of America.
100% you should read Jack E. Davis' book on the Gulf.
100% you should read Jack E. Davis' book on the Gulf.
LOL. Credit reports weren't even used until the mid-90s. I think the banks will live.
President Joe Biden's outgoing administration announced a ban on medical debt in American consumers' credit reports, making good on a campaign year pledge less than two weeks before leaving office reut.rs/3BVPnKI
As Biden nears exit, US bans medical debt from credit reports
President Joe Biden's outgoing administration announced on Tuesday a ban on medical debt in American consumers' credit reports, making good on a campaign year pledge less than two weeks before leaving office.
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January 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
LOL. Credit reports weren't even used until the mid-90s. I think the banks will live.
Health systems are ditching Medicare Advantage plans, citing slow payments, outsized denial rates, low reimbursement and cumbersome prior auth requirements.
Meanwhile Trinity and Humana continue to negotiate, leaving ~28,000 retirees in Michigan out-of-network.
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Meanwhile Trinity and Humana continue to negotiate, leaving ~28,000 retirees in Michigan out-of-network.
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Humana, Trinity rift leaves nearly 28,000 senior patients to seek new providers
Trinity Health and insurance giant Humana Inc. have been battling over for months as the health system demands a higher reimbursement rate for senior care.
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January 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Health systems are ditching Medicare Advantage plans, citing slow payments, outsized denial rates, low reimbursement and cumbersome prior auth requirements.
Meanwhile Trinity and Humana continue to negotiate, leaving ~28,000 retirees in Michigan out-of-network.
www.crainsdetroit.com/health-care/...
Meanwhile Trinity and Humana continue to negotiate, leaving ~28,000 retirees in Michigan out-of-network.
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The year 2025 will likely bring further relief to the “golden handcuffs” that have kneecapped the housing market in Michigan and beyond for several years.
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This could be the year the golden handcuffs come off in Michigan’s housing market
Many housing and mortgage experts believe that after years of a tight residential real estate market, typical life circumstances will help free up new inventory for hungry buyers.
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January 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The year 2025 will likely bring further relief to the “golden handcuffs” that have kneecapped the housing market in Michigan and beyond for several years.
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The Michigan health care market is full of malignant activity between rapid consolidation, labor unrest and an ongoing threat of cyberattacks. But experts believe 2025 will be a calmer year.
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Hospitals anticipate a less turbulent 2025 after big mergers, labor battles
The big question for 2025 in the Michigan hospital market is whether growth through mergers and consolidations can continue.
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January 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Michigan health care market is full of malignant activity between rapid consolidation, labor unrest and an ongoing threat of cyberattacks. But experts believe 2025 will be a calmer year.
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Ok. Ok. I'm back on this thing. Who do I follow?
January 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Ok. Ok. I'm back on this thing. Who do I follow?