WBUR TODAY: Power moves
❤️ Donate Wednesday, June 24, 2026 🌻 Mostly sunny with a high near 84. Good Morning Boston, It was a big night for Massachusetts — and not just because the Celtics selected 6-foot-11, 240-pound University of Houston forward Chris Cenac Jr., as their first round draft pick. Brockton's AJ Dybantsa became the first Massachusetts native to be picked first in the NBA draft since Patrick Ewing in 1985. He heads to the Washington Wizards. Also in the first round: Southborough's Alex Karaban got drafted at No. 29 by the Sacramento Kings. Now, for a different kind of power move: Game over: One of the state's most powerful real estate lobbies is backing out of negotiations for rent control. This comes after the Supreme Judicial Court yesterday blocked the rent control question from appearing on the ballot this November because it includes a religious exemption. Leverage lost: The lobbying group, NAIOP Massachusetts, wanted to keep the expansive, state-wide rent control questi...