Tension over how companies have responded to a surge in immigration enforcement is the climax of a yearslong reckoning with a local tradition of corporate social responsibility.

Some people want Target to take a stand on the surge in federal immigration operations in Minnesota so much that they are willing to be arrested. Police detained some protesters who demonstrated at the MN Target location where federal agents had arrested two employees weeks prior. @startribune.com

"The Hoffmanns’ foray into MO wine in some ways kicked off his bid to acquire media cos. He was unhappy with what he said was the inaccurate way that some outlets portrayed the projects. 'It took away our enthusiasm.'" www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news...

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More on the Target letter:

Scoop: Hundreds of Target employees pen letter saying the Minneapolis retailer ‘abandoned its community’ “In the face of this tyranny, continued silence from our leaders will never make us safer” With @carzharts.bsky.social. Stay updated: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

Live updates: Federal agents pull protestor from the crowd outside the Whipple federal building. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi... 📹️ Victor Stefanescu/The Minnesota Star Tribune

If I had to guess, the Strib has contributed $2.3 million in sales to Andrea's pizza in the skyway over this last week.

During a federal immigration enforcement operation on the north side of Minneapolis, a man was shot in the leg during a foot chase, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

Bill George, a former Medtronic CEO and Target Board member, encouraged Minnesota employers to “make a statement.” “How can you expect a committed, loyal workforce if you’re not there to have their back?” George said. www.startribune.com/minnesotas-b...

Two Target employees detained by federal officers at Richfield store are U.S. citizens, Rep. Michael Howard said. Target declined to comment. Gift link: www.startribune.com/target-emplo... Reach me with tips at [email protected] | Signal: carsonhartzog.13

Minnesota’s biggest companies feeling heat from ICE surge www.startribune.com/minnesotas-b...

Parker’s sister adores her like a baby doll. The toddler loves sticking her hands on the dark fur of the family’s “gentle giant” dog. Her epilepsy care is about to get more complex because of a contract impasse between UnitedHealthcare and M Health Fairview. www.startribune.com/fairview-uni...

A breakup or the cusp of greatness: What Medtronic’s big changes mean for its future www.startribune.com/medtronic-st...

The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.

Minnesota Star Tribune to sell Minneapolis printing plant, lay off 125 workers www.startribune.com/minnesota-st...

Tomorrow's front page of The Minnesota Star Tribune

Last year, a fire threatened to forever shutter the 19 Bar, one of the oldest gay bars in the U.S. Revived from the ashes, Minneapolis’ “gay living room” remains a vital and vibrant safe space for the LGBTQ community.

I recently spent a night in one of the oldest gay bars in America that survived a devastating fire in 2024. In the words of a bartender, the 19 Bar in Loring Park “can tell us a lot about the current atmosphere, culturally and politically.” My dispatch: www.startribune.com/day-turns-to...

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune

ICYMI: The White House is exempting products like kids' books from tariffs, but not medical supplies. I studied the journey of the rubber glove and the supply chain of an ER to show what's at stake. "The worst consequence is actually shortages,” an expert said. www.startribune.com/medical-supp...

ICYMI: As the Trump administration has slashed the FDA workforce, the agency has approved fewer new high-risk, lifechanging medical devices than anytime in the past decade. “I can’t imagine a less-efficient approach than what the administration has already done,” a reviewer on leave said. ⏬

New: U.S. Food and Drug Administration approvals of life-changing, high-risk medical devices reportedly slowed to a 10-year low for the January to March period, as sources say recent layoffs have had devastating effects. More below

#MedTech firm NAMSA to lay off more than 50 in St. Paul after acquisition www.startribune.com/medtech-layo...

More on the PFA front: Abbott joins AFib-treating race with tech that may skip general anesthesia www.startribune.com/abbott-pulse...

3M spinoff Solventum revealed Thursday that its previously reported restructuring eliminated 800 positions, including 110 in Minnesota, and will result in $120 million in annual savings. www.startribune.com/solventum-la...

Klobuchar, Smith advocate for turkey farmers amid bird flu outbreak www.startribune.com/bird-flu/601...

What Minnesota needs to know about bird flu: www.startribune.com/bird-flu-min...

A respiratory therapist said Medtronic's recent axing of the historic Puritan Bennett ventilator franchise after decades in production felt like if Ford stopped making trucks. Now industry experts debate whether it leaves the ventilator industry underprepared. www.startribune.com/inside-the-s...

Five years ago, the ventilator was a symbol of the pandemic. Medtronic ramped up production and made blueprints public so others could replicate. Now, it's shuttering that business. Inside the slow rise and sudden death of its lifesaving ventilators. By @vstef.bsky.social

Hi Minnesota! I'm covering bird flu for the @startribune.com this week. What are your questions about the virus? Eggs? Public health? Agriculture? I'm hoping to answer them in a story. #journorequests #birdflu #minnesota

How Boston Scientific (sort of) became ‘Minnesota Scientific:’ It has roughly doubled its Minnesota workforce in the last 15 years to about 10,000, and it’s not done expanding. Hear from CEO Mike Mahoney: www.startribune.com/boston-scien...

The massive robot-making, pacemaker-inventing medtech company Medtronic is facing a financial snag: the humble stapler. Company stock tumbled about 7% in early trading Tuesday as investors reacted to #medsurg troubles. @startribune.com www.startribune.com/medtronic-ea...

Climbing sales for a made-in-Minnesota system treating atrial fibrillation helped sustain Boston Scientific’s streak of bullish results as the company brushed off tariffs. $BSX @startribune.com www.startribune.com/boston-scien...

The top medtech trade organization calls for medical device exemptions. Medtronic is ready to “develop mitigation strategies if necessary.” @startribune.com #MedTech www.startribune.com/medtech-tari...

INBOX: #MedTech trade and lobbying group AdvaMed is calling for tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada to exempt medical devices. The #tariffs could lead to less research and development, layoffs and higher prices for patients, the group’s chief executive said.

NEW: Execs at medtech company Integra, which makes brain surgery products, repeatedly belittled potential safety concerns and pressured their chief quality officer to lie to regulators, a lawsuit in federal court in Minnesota says. #IART @startribune.com www.startribune.com/integra-qual...

The pink, white and red blob of tissue quivers in a vat of clear goop about the size of a kitchen sink. This disembodied heart fuels innovation pipeline. Come inside the U's Visible Heart lab with me and @startribune.com. www.startribune.com/inside-the-l...

This is Jayden. He's a 7-month old baby boy who might tug on your hair or pinch your face. Huge smiles light up his face, and he sports a fluffy mohawk. He also survived a tumor that invaded 80% of his chest. His miraculous story is below. (Photos by @leilanavidi.bsky.social i.bsky.social)

So-called "health and wellness" pulse oximeters don't require extensive testing, despite criticism they're less accurate on darker skin. @vstef.bsky.social spoke w/ MN-based Nonin Medical, which launched the fingertip device in 1995, about its FDA-cleared device and the unregulated (cheaper) market

New: Following the long-awaited release of the FDA's recommendations for pulse oximeter testing, the CEO of a major company in the field tells @StarTribune that health and wellness oximeters, unaffected by the guidance, need to be regulated, too. www.startribune.com/fda-recommen...

New: The number of foreign workers newly employed in Minn. under the H-1B program has nearly doubled in the past decade. We dive into data and chat with experts. @startribune.com shorturl.at/zBaX0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an urgent safety alert after an electric malfunction in some older Boston Scientific pacemakers was linked to two reported deaths in ambulatory settings and early device replacements. @startribune.com www.startribune.com/fda-issues-s...

More Minnesota Layoff news: McKesson, a massive company that distributes pharmaceuticals and medical supplies, is laying off 83 employees and permanently closing a medical-surgical distribution center in Rogers. @startribune.com www.startribune.com/mckesson-to-...

The chief of #audiology at the MPLS VA compared her own evaluation of a patient’s hearing to the results of remote hearing test expanding access for veterans, and they were the same. Insurers and Medicare are still not covering it. @startribune.com #MedTech www.startribune.com/lack-of-insu...

Minnetonka-based insurer Medica has temporarily closed its headquarters as anger at health insurers has swelled online this week following the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO.

UPDATE: At a news conference in New York City, police displayed a poster offering a $10,000 reward for information on what they described as a homicide. “At this time, every indication is that this was a premeditated, pre-planned, targeted attack.”

UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest insurer, is owned by parent company UnitedHealth Group. UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot Wednesday.

Solventum, Minnesota’s newest public company, laying off employees @startribune.com www.startribune.com/solventum-la...