Dustin P. Walsh

Blue-eyed son of a mechanic. Defender of rural America. Senior reporter for @crainsdetroit covering health care and marijuana, sometimes economics and labor.

[Dustin P. Walsh @dustinpwalsh]

Cattle population is the problem. But if they want to solve the processing issue, look to concentration in the market. JBS, Tyson, Cargill and National Beef control 85% of the beef processing market. Enforce our antitrust regulations and guarantee loans for small processors.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Trump announces he will eliminate regulations on beef processing amid multiple food-borne illness outbreaks:

"I am authorizing legal documents to be drawn in order to allow Farmers and Ranchers to be given the right to PROCESS THEIR OWN FOOD. This should move quickly."

[Dustin P. Walsh @dustinpwalsh]

Imagine being welcomed in, told to stay annually for 16 years. You get a job, get a home, get a life.
Then get treated like you did something wrong.

[Homeland Security @DHSgov]

Haiti TPS has been TERMINATED.

Those with terminated TPS are in our nation Illegally. They have two options: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY or be DEPORTED.

https://t.co/Pahpi5pL2Z

[Dustin P. Walsh @dustinpwalsh]

We published a big data center list this week. I think it's also important to reflect on how we, as a state, got here. We didn't get here by accident.
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https://t.co/RyxpTnDXYy

[Dustin P. Walsh @dustinpwalsh]

Fun fact. My dad — raised in LA in the 50s, mechanic, small business owner, classic "tough" guy — loved Rocky Horror Picture Show. So much so, my family went to the annual production at the quaint little Barn Theater in rural Augusta, Michigan FOR YEARS.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

Actor Tim Curry, known for his iconic performances in cult classics like "The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the original screen adaptation of Stephen King's "IT" and voice of Nigel Thornberry in "The Wild Thornberrys," has died, his manager confirmed. He was 80. https://t.co/BVYXXwVEv6

[Dustin P. Walsh @dustinpwalsh]

@akaashkolluri The wave hit those states first. I'd potentially argue it's a timing thing with proposals in Texas and Virginia being older. Michigan is "hotter" right now. But you're still correct.

[Dustin P. Walsh @dustinpwalsh]

We published a big data center list this week. I think it's also important to reflect on how we, as a state, got here. We didn't get here by accident.
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https://t.co/RyxpTnDXYy

[Dustin P. Walsh @dustinpwalsh]

The utilities see it as future proofing. The public staunchly disagree. But this is a case of recognizing a problem and snatching opportunity. Whether that works out or burns under the rage of public sentiment remains to be seen.

[Dustin P. Walsh @dustinpwalsh]

some 16,000 miles of circuitry — enough wires to run to Kuala Lumpur and back — need to be replaced.

[Dustin P. Walsh @dustinpwalsh]

Here's our exhaustive (but potentially not complete) list of data center proposals in Michigan, who is behind them, scope and status. 25 in total, I believe.
https://t.co/RyxpTnDXYy
Can share a gift link if you ask nicely.