BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey today announced she is funding the installation of 10 new air quality monitors in Northampton, Hadley, Amherst, Deerfield, Athol, Orange, Sunderland, and Palmer. The new air quality monitors will expand the Pioneer …
BOSTON — As Massachusetts hospitals and health care providers face heightened demand for urgent mental health services, Attorney General Maura Healey today announced that nearly $2.9 million has been awarded to 11 organizations across Massachusetts as part …
BOSTON — Seeking to increase access to critical mental health resources for LGBTQ2IA+ young people across Massachusetts, Attorney General Maura Healey today issued her office’s first-ever “Mental Health and Gender-Affirming Care Resource Guide for …
BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey is reminding employees and employers that the state’s minimum wage will increase to $15 per hour beginning Jan. 1, 2023. The AG’s Office has also made available its wage and hour poster that employers are required to …
BOSTON — Three individuals have been arrested and arraigned as a result of a takedown by the AG’s New England Fentanyl Strike Force that recovered more than 1.6 kilograms of fentanyl, 1.4 kilograms of cocaine, a firearm and ammunition, Attorney General …
BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a brief in support of the rights of the more than 20 million LGBTQ+ Americans to live, work, and pursue education free from discrimination. Under U.S. Supreme …
BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro are co-leading a coalition of 20 attorneys general in support of the School District of Philadelphia against a challenge to its race-neutral admissions plan …
BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey today released a revised “Guide for Board Members of Charitable Organizations” to encourage charitable boards in Massachusetts to consider best practices that can strengthen their organizations and enhance operations …
BOSTON — A South Carolina mortgage servicing company will pay $975,000 and change its business practices to resolve allegations that the company failed to make required efforts to help homeowners avoid foreclosure and engaged in other unfair debt …
BOSTON — The owner of a food and beverage vending machine company, KBL Inc., has pleaded guilty and been ordered to pay restitution for his role in a scheme that defrauded third party buyers of vending routes out of approximately $187,500, Attorney General …
BOSTON — A West Springfield man has been indicted in connection with a scheme to defraud the Hampden County Regional Board of Retirement of more than $27,000, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today. Robert Dombek, age 51, was indicted Tuesday by a …
BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey announced today that her office has sued a Florida-based financial company, which presents itself as a real estate brokerage, for aggressively marketing a deceptive small dollar loan product to hundreds of financially …
BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey announced today that her office has joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general in filing a brief with the Supreme Court defending workers’ rights. In the amicus brief, filed in Glacier Northwest Inc v. International …
BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey today joined a coalition of 51 attorneys generals in supporting the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) proposal to help cut down on unwanted text messages by requiring mobile wireless providers to block texts …
BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey today announced that agreements totaling $10.7 billion have been reached with CVS and Walgreens resolving allegations that the companies contributed to the opioid crisis by failing to properly oversee the dispensing …
BOSTON — As part of a new collaborative effort to prevent and address hate and bias in school sports, Attorney General Maura Healey partnered with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), the Massachusetts Association of School …
BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey joined a coalition of 13 attorneys general in filing a brief in support of transgender individuals unable to obtain coverage for gender-affirming care under West Virginia’s State Medicaid Program. The …
SALEM — Two individuals have been charged in connection with a scheme to fraudulently bill MassHealth, the state Medicaid program, for personal care attendant (PCA) and applied behavioral analysis (ABA) services that were never provided, Attorney General …
BOSTON — Retail pharmacy provider Walmart, Inc. has agreed to pay $500,000 after allegedly failing to follow prescription pricing procedures that are in place to keep costs down and prevent overcharges in the workers’ compensation insurance system, …
BOSTON — A Salem-based limited liability company and its owners have been sued for their failure to return $3.4 million to the state for N95 face masks not delivered during the pandemic, instead diverting hundreds of thousands of dollars to the owners and …
