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1 week ago | 
minnlawyer.com | Dan Emerson
IN BRIEFLawyers face unique mental health risks from isolation. Minnesota CLE adds mandatory mental health credit. Mentorship, small changes help foster lawyer connection. In 2023, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a report on a national “epidemic of loneliness and isolation.” Murthy cited research showing that social isolation increases the risk of premature mortality by 29%.
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1 week ago | 
finance-commerce.com | Dan Emerson
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Former clinics, retail sites being retrofitted for therapy use. Twin Cities are a hot market for new autism facility leases. Private equity is entering autism care, raising access concerns. One of the fastest growing areas of health care is autism treatment. More autism clinics are being opened nationwide, impacting local medical office building markets.
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1 month ago | 
jazzpolice.com | Dan Emerson
by Dan EmersonDecades after its heyday, the award-winning Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra is fondly remembered by jazz fans and musicians for its bold, singular sound – and for holding down possibly the longest-running weekly gig in jazz history, nearly 60 years of Monday nights at the Village Vanguard in New York City..
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1 month ago | 
finance-commerce.com | Dan Emerson
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McGough Construction expanded post-2008 recession using data-driven market selection. Ryan Cos. reviews potential new markets every five years, focusing on sustainable, long-term growth. Bauer Design Build follows client-driven growth with strict subcontractor vetting. As construction companies grow, one common strategy to accelerate that growth is expanding their footprints to serve new markets outside of Minnesota.
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1 month ago | 
minnlawyer.com | Dan Emerson
Growing attention to behavioral health problems in the legal profession has prompted law firms to focus more closely on protecting and promoting their members’ mental health and overall well-being. Increasingly, firms are adding well-being programs or taking steps to improve them. Two Twin Cities law offices with well-established wellness programs are Kansas City-based Stinson and Minneapolis-based Faegre Drinker.
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2 months ago | 
finance-commerce.com | Dan Emerson
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Two years ago, Minnesota became the first state to propose a major change in licensing requirements for certified public accountants. The bill was intended to create additional pathways to CPA licensure, to help remedy a developing shortage of CPAs.After the previous legislation “ran out of time” at the end of session, this year proponents have introduced a modified bill they say would accomplish the same objectives.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
finance-commerce.com | Dan Emerson
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It’s been well-documented that Minnesota — and many other states — lacks enough housing, especially housing classified as “affordable.”“There are a number of challenges with affordable housing development,” said Ryan Baumtrog, assistant commissioner for policy and community development at Minnesota Housing. “Securing financing and other resources, finding land and everything that goes along with construction.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
wislawjournal.com | Dan Emerson
By Dan EmersonBridgeTower Media NewswiresLawyers: You could be nicer to yourselves. That is the intriguing title of a recent CLE presentation by Miriam Itzkowitz, who is director of trauma-informed care for the Institute for Children, Families and Communities at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Minnesota.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
minnlawyer.com | Dan Emerson
Lawyers: You could be nicer to yourselves. That is the intriguing title of a recent CLE presentation by Miriam Itzkowitz, who is director of trauma-informed care for the Institute for Children, Families and Communities at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. A social worker who has worked in a legal setting for the past decade, Itzkowitz gave her perspective on the ways in which legal education and the legal profession “frame” work-related stress, burnout and mental health and substance use.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
areadevelopment.com | Dan Emerson
AEP Ohio, the state’s largest power provider, has proposed a controversial new rate structure targeting data centers and cryptocurrency mining operations, prompting strong opposition from tech giants such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta. The proposal, introduced in May, comes in response to a sharp increase in electricity demand due to the rise of data centers in the Columbus area, a region that has rapidly transformed into a major data hub over the past five years.
