Max M. Marin

Reporter. Investigations team @PhillyInquirer / email: mmarin at inquirer dot com

[The Philadelphia Inquirer @PhillyInquirer]

New documents show Jeffrey Epstein tried to buy Bill Cosby’s home and closely followed the entertainer’s sexual assault case https://t.co/SrC5DbiEKw

[Ryan Deto @RyanDeto]

BREAKING: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will shut down. It's last issue will be May 3. This comes after years of turmoil in the newsroom, and striking workers returning to work after 3-years on the picket line, though many strikebreakers worked throughout.

[Jason Mackey @JMackey_PGH]

Proud of the work we've done. Proud of what this place has meant and the people I/we have gotten to follow to try our best to uphold the tradition. Don't care about your religion, politics or level of Pirates anger. This sucks: https://t.co/HEwwrbsiq6

[Daniel Rubin @danielrubin]

How a Philly ‘betfluencer’ wound up at the center of an NBA gambling scandal https://t.co/qAywMxR2Xp via @phillyinquirer

[Ryan W Briggs @rw_briggs]

This story on the collapse of the Valley Forge Military Academy was very difficult to pull together in five days, even with @MaxMMarin & @wbender99

We owe a debt to the many reporters who chronicled the school's long decline, especially @Jasper_Craven
https://t.co/HNu1xQf9iP

[Pen & Pencil Club @PenPencilClub]

THURSDAY @ 7PM - New Yorker journalist Eliza Griswold will discuss her book CIRCLE OF HOPE, which details turmoil within a Philadelphia-based Christian movement

Inquirer reporter @MaxMMarin will moderate a Q&A about the book, now in paperback. RSVP here: https://t.co/ZFpcvGlC3V

[The Philadelphia Inquirer @PhillyInquirer]

Reporters Max Marin and Ryan Briggs spent the last few months buying “legal” weed... for work.

Their investigation revealed it's full of harmful contaminants that some companies are intentionally hiding from consumers.

🔗 Ask us anything: https://t.co/2Hx0K1OWNE

[Felicia Gans Sobey @FeliciaGans]

Pennsylvania’s unregulated hemp stores are booming, but tests show products are rife with toxic and illicit chemicals. Almost every sample The Inquirer tested was over the legal potency or contained mold or pesticides. Story by @MaxMMarin and @rw_briggs: https://t.co/4ZSGivJFoB

[Jake Blumgart @jblumgart]

"Three [samples] exceeded legal limits for pesticides in New Jersey, including carbofuran, a neurotoxin banned in the United States, Canada, and the European Union. One sample contained mold, pesticides, and high levels of chromium, a carcinogenic metal."

https://t.co/7c04bXdx41

[Stephen Stirling @SStirling]

Pennsylvania’s Wild West of unregulated weed

Almost every sample The Inquirer tested was over the legal potency or contained mold or pesticides.

via @MaxMMarin & @rw_briggs

https://t.co/LpmdQVcAsC

[Jake Blumgart @jblumgart]

As the strike ends, I want to give extreme kudos to @sbcmw who covered the hell out of this thing. (I particularly loved his media analysis below.) 24 bylines this month so far! https://t.co/U73hM5WQLr

[Sean Walsh @sbcmw]

🚨 The Philadelphia city worker strike is over. 🚨

Mayor Cherelle Parker and AFSCME D 33 Prez Greg Boulware reached a deal early Wednesday morning, ending a work stoppage that lasted eight days and ab 4 hrs.

[Joe Yerardi @JoeYerardi]

Pennsylvania has one of the highest SNAP "error rates" of any state, which puts it on track to shoulder up to $800 million in additional funding costs should Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" pass, from @makkerneckel and @JuliaTerruso https://t.co/gmtD4VjkNJ

[Inga Saffron @IngaSaffron]

Just like any slumlord, Philly’s government treats its buildings like assets that can br disposed of and monetized. Great story from @maxmmarin on the sorry state of former city history museum designed by John Haviland in 1824. https://t.co/MF2UEFpVOb

[Samantha Melamed @samanthamelamed]

Dozens of Philly immigrants were unexpectedly ordered to report to ICE on Father's Day. Some families that had planned celebrations were instead abruptly separated. W/⁦@MichelleAMyers⁩ https://t.co/r1n66zNDOc

[Joe Yerardi @JoeYerardi]

An important investigation from @maddiehanna, @LizzieMulvey, and @enactdev: Pennsylvania is supposed to "immediately" suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen. https://t.co/8p8ODH9RVC

[Ryan W Briggs @rw_briggs]

Double header for Philly Sheriff's Office news.

First, they are asking the city to nearly double their $34M budget and seeking authorization to lease out two huge buildings in North Philly for a new HQ & academy https://t.co/yGLmfW9vpJ

[Ellie Rushing @EllieRushing]

The city’s Kensington Wellness Court has been placed on hold amid judges’ mounting frustration with the city officials tasked with overseeing the program. A judge who presides over the cases called city leaders "fake." https://t.co/Ewue22CRT2

[Vinny Vella @Vellastrations]

I don't like discussing my personal life, but I'll do it for a good cause. More than 100,000 people nationwide, including 5,000 in the Philadelphia area, are waiting for organ donations. Of that 10K, 17 die every day. I was nearly one of them. https://t.co/1mUbB4Hbyo

[Joe Yerardi @JoeYerardi]

Pennsylvania has a state-run liquor monopoly. Thus, you can FOIA an entire year's worth of alcohol sales data which is exactly what we at @PhillyInquirer did. See what your neighbors are drinking (some of my neighborhood's faves: Tito's, Amaro, and rosé): https://t.co/Ntrn4rkbJ9