A two-year saga in which Massachusetts Treasurer Deborah Goldberg attempted to remove the state’s top cannabis official from her position is over.

Goldberg is dropping her appeal of Shannon O’Brien’s reinstatement as chairwoman of the Cannabis Control Commission, accepting a judge’s ruling that she did not have grounds to order O’Brien’s dismissal.

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 request denied, Goldberg said Thursday she informed the attorney general’s office that she does not wish to press the appeal further.

“My focus must remain on the people I serve as Treasurer. Our work includes building n

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