Massachusetts Treasurer Deborah Goldberg is dropping her appeal of Shannon O'Brien's reinstatement as chairwoman of the Cannabis Control Commission , her office said, a decision that likely spells an end to the two-year legal and political saga.

An Appeals Court judge late Wednesday said Goldberg was not likely to succeed in her appeal and denied the treasurer's request to block O'Brien from returning to her job as CCC chair while the appeal played out. With that stay denied, Goldberg said Thursday she informed the attorney general's office that she does not want to press the appeal any further.

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"My focus must remain on the people I serve as Treasurer. Our work includes building new schools, strengthening the pen

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