Gov. Maura Healey on Wednesday paused executive branch hiring due to what her office described as “widespread economic uncertainty at the national level and a tightening budget outlook.”
Attorney General Maura Healey
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Healey sues PFAS manufacturers
ATTORNEY GENERAL Maura Healey has filed a lawsuit against 13 manufacturers of PFAS chemicals, arguing that they deceptively marketed and sold chemicals that were dangerous to the environment and to […]
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Healey backs Mexico in case against gun manufacturers
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE RETURNING TO AN ISSUE that was at the center of her first campaign, Attorney General Maura Healey led a coalition of state prosecutors on Tuesday in […]
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Was Baker talking a bit of trash about Healey?
Gov. Charlie Baker was talking on Monday about what makes him run for elected office, but it seemed like he also could have been talking a bit of trash about […]
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Was Baker talking a bit of trash about Healey?
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER was talking on Monday about what makes him run for elected office, but it seemed like he also could have been talking a bit of trash about one of […]
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Judge dismisses criminal charges against Bennett Walsh
A HAMPDEN SUPERIOR COURT judge on Monday dismissed all criminal charges against former Holyoke Soldiers’ Home superintendent Bennett Walsh and medical director David Clinton for their roles in the deadly […]
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Healey says Mass General Brigham expansion will net $385m annual profit
MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM’S proposed expansion into the suburbs would net the health system an estimated $385 million a year in profits, according to a report released Wednesday by Attorney General Maura Healey, raising questions […]
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Sackler family members to pay $4.3b settlement — $90m to Mass.
MEMBERS OF THE Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma will pay $4.3 billion to settle a lawsuit over Purdue’s role in perpetuating the opioid addiction epidemic, a lawsuit first initiated […]
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Healey expands call for mandatory vaccinations
ATTORNEY GENERAL Maura Healey, who has said COVID-19 vaccinations should be required for public employees, indicated on Wednesday that she believes inoculations should be mandatory for at least some private […]
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SJC: Healey can continue pursuing Facebook documents
MASSACHUSETTS’ HIGHEST COURT gave Attorney General Maura Healey a green light to continue pursuing internal documents from Facebook, as she investigates whether the company misused the personal data of users. […]
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Mass. to get $13.2m from McKinsey opioid settlement
MASSACHUSETTS WILL get $13.2 million from a national settlement with consultant McKinsey & Company over the company’s role working for opioid companies. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, who has been […]
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Healey pushes to block immigrant detention at jail
ATTORNEY GENERAL Maura Healey, in the wake of a report by her office on a May 1 confrontation at the Bristol County Jail, is seeking to prohibit Sheriff Thomas Hodgson […]
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Healey not saying why she didn’t join Apple lawsuit
ATTORNEY GENERAL Maura Healey is refusing to say why she never joined a large coalition of attorneys general who sued Apple and recently won a $113 million legal settlement, which […]
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Healey sues Boston Sports Clubs
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON SPORTS CLUBS gyms showed “total disregard” for members during the COVID-19 pandemic by continuing to charge fees to customers who tried to cancel, Attorney General […]
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COVID-19 crimes may be tough to prove
“Utterly baffling” was how Mark Pearlstein, the attorney retained by Gov. Charlie Baker to investigate what went wrong at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, described the decision to combine 42 veterans […]
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COVID-19 crimes may be tough to prove
“UTTERLY BAFFLING” was how Mark Pearlstein, the attorney retained by Gov. Charlie Baker to investigate what went wrong at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, described the decision to combine 42 veterans […]
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Tuerck’s critique of Healey fits a pattern
CommonWealth recently published an op-ed by David G. Tuerck, president of the Beacon Hill Institute. His piece, titled “Healey’s kitchen-sink Exxon-Mobil lawsuit,” takes aim at Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy […]
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Healey’s kitchen-sink Exxon-Mobil lawsuit
MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL Maura Healy’s complaint against ExxonMobil rests on the exotic claim that the company’s advertising and public financial reporting purposefully misled shareholders and customers about the effects of […]
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Healey reluctantly rejects Brookline bylaw
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY’S office on Tuesday reluctantly shot down a bylaw approved by the town of Brookline that would have barred the installation of most fossil fuel infrastructure in […]
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Healey seeks more power to investigate police misconduct
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY and her colleagues in 17 other states are urging Congress to give them greater authority to investigate practices of patterned unconstitutional policing and bring enforcement actions […]
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Healey calls for orderly transition away from natural gas
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY petitioned the Department of Public Utilities on Thursday to investigate how the state’s natural gas utilities should transition to a future where the fuel they are […]
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Healey: ‘America is burning. But that’s how forests grow’
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY, in a passionate speech on Tuesday, suggested the protests sweeping the nation may yield long-term benefits. “Yes, America is burning. But that’s how forests grow,” she […]
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Healey investigating Littleton nursing home
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY said her office is investigating a nursing home in Littleton to determine if its response to a COVID-19 outbreak that caused the deaths of 26 residents […]
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Healey links COVID-19 and race, poverty, pollution
ATTORNEY GENERAL Maura Healey on Tuesday sought to draw attention to the high correlation between COVID-19 infections and poor, minority communities with high rates of air pollution. “While cities and […]