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Eric Casey, a Worcester-based reporter who most recently founded the publication Burn After Reading to cover the cannabis industry, has been hired as the newest staff writer at Worcester Business Journal.

A coalition of cannabis businesses operating in Massachusetts have filed a lawsuit in federal court, hoping to convince the courts the Controlled Substances Act is unconstitutional when it is applied to state-legal cannabis businesses.

These are the fastest growing jobs in Massachusetts, according to the Mass. Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

A breakdown of the Massachusetts and Greater Worcester real GDP by industry.

Two local companies tell how compassionate business helps steer the ship.

The growth of one of Massachusetts’ most well known craft beer companies continues, as Charlton-based Tree House Brewing plans on opening a location in New York.

A report conducted by cannabis industry trade publication Marijuana Business Daily has shown that Massachusetts marijuana business ownership has less racial and gender diversity than the national industry average.

Chiller Technology, a Woburn-based HVAC company, is suing Milkmen Cultivation, a Clinton-based cannabis company, over a lack of payments.

Jushi, a cannabis company based in Florida, has dropped plans to open a cultivation and production facility on an empty parcel in Grafton. 

Sterling Street Brewery, a microbrewery based in Clinton, is planning on opening a second location in Devens next year. The new location will occupy a 8,300-square-foot building in Pathway Devens.