**Happening Today**:
– **8:30 AM**: The Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association’s conference on how to handle substance use and harm reduction without becoming a mess.
– **9:00 AM**: Gov. Healey says hi at the 45th annual meeting of New England governors and Eastern Canadian premiers in Boston.
– **10:00 AM**: The Cannabis Control Commission searches for a new boss, like finding a needle in a very hazy haystack.
– **11:00 AM**: Mayor Wu gets grilled by the public at the Boston Public Library, probably wishing she was somewhere else.
**Ballot Questions and Campaigns**:
– Money is flowing like a waterfall for November’s ballot questions, including the hot topics of booting MCAS and giving drivers a union.
– Legalizing psychedelics (Question 4) has raised over $4.7 million—turns out mushrooms can grow money too. Supporters and veterans will chat about this in Springfield.
– The Legislature is sitting on its hands after getting mixed reviews on the psychedelic question.
**Shannon O’Brien Fired**:
– Treasurer Deborah Goldberg axed Cannabis Control Commission Chair Shannon O’Brien over “gross misconduct.” O’Brien says she was just trying to clean up the place and got slandered. Expect more legal drama than a daytime soap.
– People involved in a ritzy brothel scandal are fighting to stay anonymous—like that’s going to work.
– The Massachusetts 2024 Competitiveness Index shows the state is an expensive place to live and work.
– MBTA’s Phil Eng is pondering late-night services again, probably dreaming of night owls with transit passes.
– Worcester City Council debates speed limits, MC
Reference: https://massterlist.com/2024/09/10/push-to-legalize-psychedelics-moving-into-the-spotlight/
Published Date: 2024-09-10