Matt DeLong
Audience editor
Matt DeLong is an editor on the Minnesota Star Tribune's audience team. He writes Nuggets, a free, weekly email newsletter about legal cannabis in Minnesota. DeLong also oversees the Minnesota Poll and has written numerous reader-focused guides and FAQ articles on a wide range of topics.
Prior to joining the Star Tribune in late 2014, DeLong was a digital editor on the national desk at the Washington Post, where he was part of the team awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for coverage of the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance programs. A native of upstate New York, DeLong currently lives in Minneapolis.
He can be reached on the encrypted messaging app Signal at 612-643-0344.
Latest from Matt DeLong
Cannabis
Minnesota’s new cannabis chief on tribal compacts, rules and when state could see a ‘pretty robust’ legal pot market
In an interview, Office of Cannabis Management interim director Eric Taubel discusses tribal compacting, rulemaking and why Minnesota has taken longer than some other states to launch retail sales.
February 21, 2025
Cannabis
Minnesota cannabis agency begins accepting license applications for pot businesses
Applications for most license types will be accepted starting Tuesday until March 14 with licenses scheduled to be awarded in lotteries later this spring.
February 18, 2025
Cannabis
Tribes could get early foothold in Minnesota marijuana market, each open 5 off-reservation pot stores
Tribal nations could get to open marijuana dispensaries in Minnesota before most state-licensed businesses under long-awaited compacts.
February 12, 2025
Vikings
Vikings bar finder: Where to watch games across U.S.
With 100 verified Vikings bars scattered across 31 states, connecting with fellow fans may be easier than you think.
January 13, 2025
Cannabis
Minnesota’s top cannabis regulator Charlene Briner stepping down
Office of Cannabis Management General Counsel Eric Taubel will replace Briner as interim director.
January 6, 2025
Twin Cities
Where to park during a snow emergency in the Twin Cities
What you need to know about parking rules when a snow emergency is declared in Minneapolis or St. Paul.
December 19, 2024
Cannabis
Minnesota abandons early cannabis lottery, retail pot sales likely to start later than expected
“This was certainly not an outcome that we were hoping would materialize, and we know that today’s path forward does not provide a perfect solution,” interim OCM director Charlene Briner said Wednesday.
December 11, 2024
Cannabis
Wave of rejections for aspiring Minnesota cannabis entrepreneurs
With a lottery looming, a local pot attorney says litigation is “the only course left” for some clients who were turned away from a shot at Minnesota’s social equity program.
November 20, 2024
Cannabis
Minnesota’s top cannabis regulator Charlene Briner stepping down
Office of Cannabis Management General Counsel Eric Taubel will replace Briner as interim director.
January 6, 2025
Twin Cities
Where to park during a snow emergency in the Twin Cities
What you need to know about parking rules when a snow emergency is declared in Minneapolis or St. Paul.
December 19, 2024
Cannabis
Minnesota abandons early cannabis lottery, retail pot sales likely to start later than expected
“This was certainly not an outcome that we were hoping would materialize, and we know that today’s path forward does not provide a perfect solution,” interim OCM director Charlene Briner said Wednesday.
December 11, 2024
Cannabis
Wave of rejections for aspiring Minnesota cannabis entrepreneurs
With a lottery looming, a local pot attorney says litigation is “the only course left” for some clients who were turned away from a shot at Minnesota’s social equity program.
November 20, 2024