A spot on the November 2024 state ballot remains in play for the most closely-watched initiative petitions, including the removal of the MCAS test as a graduation requirement, allowing the auditor to scrutinize the workings of the state Legislature, and the decriminalization of psychedelic substances such as psilocybin mushrooms.
A bipartisan group of state lawmakers is pressing the Legislature to hold an oversight hearing of the state’s cannabis regulatory agency days after its chair was suspended, arguing it has been an opaque and ill-functioning entity since its creation six years ago.
After House Speaker Ronald Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka indicated they would not comply with the attempted probe, and questioned its legality, the auditor began moving toward legal action in July
BOSTON State Auditor Diana DiZoglio's proposed ballot-box appeal to crack open the Legislature's books for her inspection cleared a key hurdle Wednesday. And it turns out that Attorney General Andrea Campbell, by certifying that the initiative passed legal muster, overruled a formal objection from the state Senate.