The regulator’s read on what just changed.
Before your first meeting. Weekday mornings, and Sundays.
Shawn Collins
Inaugural Executive Director, Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, 2017-2023
Six years building a state cannabis agency from the ground up, writing the regulations and inheriting statutes nobody would have designed on purpose. That is the perspective the brief is written from.
What we publish
Three things, and they do different jobsThe daily briefing
What moved, and what it changes
Every weekday. What happened, what it means, and what it changes for the people who have to act on it. Sourced and linked to the primary document wherever one exists.
Deadlines, Decoded
What takes effect, when, and where to read it
A running ledger of enacted dates and comment windows, each one linked to its primary source. The companion for anyone whose calendar is the problem.
The Sunday Read-In
One argument a week, given the room
The weekday brief tells you what moved. Sunday is where a single question gets two thousand words, with real people in it and a position at the end.
“It’s an excellent resource and often surfaces perspectives or commentary I would not have considered.”
Hirsh JainCEO, Ananda Strategy
“Learning about problems states are having, traps that North Carolina might hope to avoid. And keeping up with tax policy developments, too.”
Pat OglesbyCenter for New Revenue
“Regulatory updates without a biased angle and, most importantly, coming from people with expertise that I trust.”
Elliot LaneIgniteIt
From a reader survey run in August 2026, published with permission.
When reading about it isn’t enough.
The briefing is the public half of the work. The rest of the day is spent helping operators, investors, and regulators work through the same rules on the record. Licensing strategy, regulatory comment, market entry, and the conversations that happen before a rule is written.
