MARIJUANA

We speak with 6 Bricks cannabis dispensary owner about ballot question 8, discuss the collaboration between musicians and authors for the "Lit Salon" series, and check in with organizers of the Northampton Survival Center.

Voters will decide whether to approve Ballot Question 8 and prohibit selling cannabis in the Massachusetts 2026 election.

Host Jill Kaufman and panelists dive deep into questions 1, 3, 7 and 8 that Massachusetts residents will see on the ballot on Nov. 3, 2026.

NEPM followed the money on Question 8, the proposed repeal of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts.

Cannabis sales in the state have grossed more than $10B since first dispensaries opened in 2018.

We discuss the surveyed impacts of legalized marijuana with researcher Faith English, check out the Chester Theater's final play of the season "Dear Alien," and chat with Mr. Universe about a newly discovered super earth.

A federal state voucher program is weighted to benefit private schools, communities receive $100 million in natural gas investments from utilities companies despite moving away from fossil fuels, Berkshire County loses another dairy farm, and South Hadley considers lifting a ban on marijuana establishments.

Given the unique chance to reshape the Cannabis Control Commission, on Tuesday Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey tapped a former revenue commissioner who more recently has been steering the Executive Office of Health and Human Services to chair the new-look, downsized panel.The governor appointed Christopher Harding as chair of the new three-person CCC — and also picked as commissioners western Mass. economic development official Xiomara DeLobato and cannabis law advisor Anthony Wilson.

House Speaker Ron Mariano, traditionally a fierce critic of the ballot initiative process, signaled a major shift last week by expressing a willingness to negotiate on one of the state’s most high-stakes and debated proposals.

Carrie Saldo and panelists discuss ballot initiatives to ban social media use among teens and recreational marijuana use, hurdles faced by a housing authority to open up affordable housing, nuclear arms production in Pittsfield and more.