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Eric Casey covers manufacturing and real estate for the Worcester Business Journal. He previously ran Burn After Reading, an online publication focusing on the cannabis industry. He has also formerly had freelance work published in outlets including Worcester Magazine and Different Leaf Magazine. Eric is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island, where he studied history and political science. He grew up in Marlborough and is currently a resident of Worcester.
Banking & Finance

🔒Steady, but too SLOW: Less than 16% of top executives and zero CEOs at major Central Mass. publicly traded companies are women

The situation in Central Massachusetts, where 15.6% of named executive officers are female, largely mirrors the Massachusetts rate of 16.1% determined in a statewide census.
Real Estate

Co-working space in Worcester’s Mercantile Center opens

Venture X, a 15,000-square-foot co-working space in Worcester’s Mercantile Center, has officially opened its doors.
Economy

Mass. union membership declined slightly in 2023, still above national average

Massachusetts was third in the New England region in union membership in 2023.
Government & Politics

In wake of Uxbridge $1.2M lawsuit settlement, Worcester reveals it stopped collecting cannabis impact fees in early 2023

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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Health Care

Saint Vincent parent company sells four California hospitals

Tenet Healthcare Corp., the Texas-based, for-profit healthcare services company that owns Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, has entered into a definitive agreement to sell four hospitals that the company operates in Southern California.
Agriculture

A blue whale worth of weed: Mass. cannabis businesses sold record $1.8B in 2023

The state's retailers sold 232,894 pounds worth of cannabis flower to recreational consumers in 2023, about the weight of the average blue whale.
Government & Politics

Westborough optics company lands $4.4M+ in defense-related contracts

Kopin Corp., a Westborough-based manufacturer of optical and electronic display equipment, has announced it has received over $4.4-million worth of new contracts and follow-on orders.
Health Care

Heywood co-CEO named to Mass. Health & Hospital Association board

One of the two co-CEOs of Heywood Healthcare has been voted onto the board of an association representing 70 hospitals and healthcare facilities across the state.
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Economy

Union: Saint Vincent nurses have filed 600+ complaints over dangerous conditions, as staffing levels dropped 38%

The end of the 10-month strike involving nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester in January 2022 didn’t bring an end to disagreements over working conditions at the hospital, new complaints show.
Government & Politics

Report: Worcester median rent rose 7.6% in 2023

Rental rates saw a large increase in Worcester in 2023, but not as large of an increase seen in other midsize American metros.
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