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Eric Casey

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As seen in: Worcester Business Journal
Covers:  Business, Manufacturing, Real Estate, Cannabis, Craft Beer
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Trump Administration cancels leases for 37% of Central Mass. commercial space used by federal age...

Trump Administration cancels leases for 37% of Central Mass. commercial space used by federal age...

Worcester Business Journal — "We've been DOGE-ed," said Christopher Egan, president of Carruth Capital in Westborough, which owns one of the impacted properties.
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Worcester demands Polar Park developer pay taxes & fees over terminated project, blames City defi...

Worcester demands Polar Park developer pay taxes & fees over terminated project, blames City defi...

Worcester Business Journal — The WRA says Madison's failure to complete projects is directly responsible for the substantial revenue deficit in the district.
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In wake of Uxbridge $1.2M lawsuit settlement, Worcester reveals it stopped collecting cannabis im...

In wake of Uxbridge $1.2M lawsuit settlement, Worcester reveals it stopped collecting cannabis im...

Worcester Business Journal — Worcester joined a growing list of municipalities no longer collecting community impact fees from cannabis businesses in January 2023, after collecting nearly $5.2 million in those fees from fiscal 2019 to 2023.
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Issue 60: What's Up With This Schedule III Thing?

Issue 60: What's Up With This Schedule III Thing?

Burn After Reading — I have a conversation with myself about the big federal news. Plus, Mass. CCC Executive Director Shawn Collins tells me he did NOT resign.
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Issue 59: Public/Private Partnership Problems

Issue 59: Public/Private Partnership Problems

Burn After Reading — I’m back again with another long issue. Some might say it’s too long.. so let’s get right into it.
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Issue 58: Bye Bye, Buddie

Issue 58: Bye Bye, Buddie

Burn After Reading — Eight years after ResponsibleOhio's farce, a new campaign to legalize in OH takes the more traditional route. Still, some people are set up to be bigger winners than others.
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New Cannabis Symposium Seeks to Connect Workers

New Cannabis Symposium Seeks to Connect Workers

Burn After Reading — North East Regional Cannabis Symposium (NERCS) to be held Aug 30-31
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Issue 57: Tilray Says "Brewski Beer Me"

Issue 57: Tilray Says "Brewski Beer Me"

Substack — The Canadian Cannabis Giant Is Increasingly Looking Towards Booze to Soothe Its Economic Woes. Plus, Trulieve Struggles To Beat The Heat.
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Issue 56: "Chaos" and "Crisis" at the CCC

Issue 56: "Chaos" and "Crisis" at the CCC

Substack — The Chair of the Cannabis Control Commission in Massachusetts claims the agency's Executive Director resigned..but did he? Plus, I ask: what can the industry learn from the Mr. Beast Burger debacle?
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Issue 55: Mastercard Pulls the Plug

Issue 55: Mastercard Pulls the Plug

Burn After Reading — Hey folks, I hope you’re beating the heat… and keeping those edibles and vape carts out of the melting sun. This week, I’m discussing the Mastercard fiasco. Plus, I try to make sense of the latest cannabis news from Massachusetts that has everyone scratching their heads.
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Issue 54: How Many More?

Issue 54: How Many More?

Substack — Another MSO Worker Dies At Work, Mass. Business Owners and Workers Blast the State's Cannabis Investigators, and I beg MSOs to Stop Calling Workers "Family."
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Issue 53: Cannabis Workers Should Pay Attention to What's Happening In Hollywood

Issue 53: Cannabis Workers Should Pay Attention to What's Happening In Hollywood

Substack — I ask: What can cannabis workers learn from the SAG/WGA strikes?
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Issue 52: Respectfully, I Must Ask... Who the Heck is CASRC?

Issue 52: Respectfully, I Must Ask... Who the Heck is CASRC?

Burn After Reading — I ask some basic questions about a NY-based trade organization. Plus, I give a brief report on Rhode Island's first CCC meeting, and give a few updates on stories I've been following.
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Issue 51: A Deep Dive Into The Ocean State

Issue 51: A Deep Dive Into The Ocean State

Burn After Reading — As Rhode Island's Cannabis Control Commission (finally) gets to work, I look at what lies ahead for one of the country's most compact cannabis markets
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Issue 50: Celebrating One Year of Burn After Reading

Issue 50: Celebrating One Year of Burn After Reading

Burn After Reading — Plus, Cresco is the latest MSO to lay off workers, Levia's founder announces his exit, and Saint Kitts and Nevis is the latest Caribbean country to consider cannabis reform.
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Issue 50: Celebrating One Year of Burn After Reading

Issue 50: Celebrating One Year of Burn After Reading

Substack — Plus, Cresco is the latest MSO to lay off workers, Levia's founder announces his exit, and Saint Kitts and Nevis is the latest Caribbean country to consider cannabis reform.
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Issue 49: Georgia Considers Expanding Patient Access (and The State's Cannabis Duopoly)

Issue 49: Georgia Considers Expanding Patient Access (and The State's Cannabis Duopoly)

Burn After Reading — Regulators, pharmacists, and cannabis companies are a tight knit group in the Peach State. Plus: Dispensaries in Massachusetts are closing, sometimes to little fanfare.
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Issue 48: Trulieve Leaves

Issue 48: Trulieve Leaves

Burn After Reading — One of the world's largest (and most controversial) cannabis companies announces they're fleeing Massachusetts.
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Issue 47: Mass Takes One (Tiny) Step Towards Social Consumption

Issue 47: Mass Takes One (Tiny) Step Towards Social Consumption

Substack — Plus, the usual news review.
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Issue 46: News in New England

Issue 46: News in New England

Burn After Reading — NH's Governor suddenly pivots in favor of cannabis reform, but does anyone like his actual proposal? Plus, RI finally names its three cannabis regulators, but some aren't happy with one pick.
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Issue 45: Will Rhode Island Ever Get A CCC of Their Own?

Issue 45: Will Rhode Island Ever Get A CCC of Their Own?

Burn After Reading — Almost a year after legalizing, Rhode Island's Governor still hasn't appointed anyone to the state's Cannabis Control Commission.
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Birmingham a Better Weed City than Worcester? Please.

Birmingham a Better Weed City than Worcester? Please.

Pulse Magazine — As part of my job covering the weed beat, I frequent the "cannabis" section of one of the nation's largest press release databases. Most of the releases I see here are either a bunch of financial mumbo jumbo or meaningless hype meant to drive up the value of cannabis stocks, so..
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Issue 44: Think Journalism and Labor Unions are Dead? Think Again.

Issue 44: Think Journalism and Labor Unions are Dead? Think Again.

Burn After Reading — A corrupt politician gets bounced from office, and a work stoppage gets cannabis workers a pay bump.
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Issue 43: National Cannabis Festival

Issue 43: National Cannabis Festival

Burn After Reading — Welcome to Issue #43 of Burn After Reading! You can check out last week's issue here. If you haven't subscribed already, head here. I went down to D.C. last weekend to cover the 6th annual National Cannabis Festival, hoping to focus mostly on the panel discussions that were scheduled throughout the day.
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