SARAH JENNISON, a disabled mother living in Wareham, skipped buying the four-pack of toilet paper she saw listed on Facebook Marketplace for $20. But Jennison is immunocompromised with a seven-year-old […]
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Posted inEconomy
Equifax will pay Massachusetts $18.2 million settlement
THE CREDIT REPORTING agency Equifax will pay $18.2 million to the state of Massachusetts under a settlement reached with Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey over its 2017 data breach. The […]
Posted inDrug Addiction
Healey sues JUUL for creating youth vaping epidemic
MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL Maura Healey on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the e-cigarette giant JUUL Labs, alleging that the company intentionally created the epidemic of youth vaping by marketing and […]
Posted inHealth Care
What consumers deserve from Harvard Pilgrim-Tufts merger
WHEN I SPEAK with colleagues around the country about how expensive health care is in Eastern Massachusetts, I tend to place most of the blame on our large and prestigious health […]
Posted inEconomy
Supreme Court holds up citizenship question on census
IN A BLOW TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, the Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a citizenship question from being added to the 2020 Census, partially because the Commerce Department’s initial explanation for why it decided to include it appeared to […]
Posted inEconomy
Gender pay gap hits Latina women hard
Equal Pay Day symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what white men earned in the previous year. Today’s marking of that ignoble milestone means women must work an extra […]
Posted inGambling
Healey says her office may have role in Wynn review
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY is anxious to read the findings of the Gaming Commission’s investigation into Steve Wynn and Wynn Resorts and is not foreclosing upon […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
SJC weighs appropriate penalty for supplying heroin
HEROIN KILLED ERIC SINACORI, a 20-year-old University of Massachusetts Amherst student, who was found dead by his parents when they visited from New Jersey in October 2013. A medical examiner […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
No one is taking Healey seriously
Attorney General Maura Healey says she wants to keep her job and plans to run for reelection in 2018, eschewing a showdown with Gov. Charlie Baker. A lot of people […]
Posted inGambling, The Download
Fantasy meet reality
Even the most casual sports fan and many non-fans know the term March Madness refers to the college basketball playoffs, now entering the second week of elimination games leading up […]
Posted inHealth Care
Healey: “Stronger interventions” may be needed
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY says big disparities in prices paid to health care providers continue to hamper efforts to control health care costs, a situation that might call for more […]
Posted inGambling, The Download
Healey’s curious casino intervention
With Wynn Resorts on the verge of filing its third application for a key state environmental permit, Attorney General Maura Healey on Monday urged state transportation officials to require the […]
Posted inEnvironment, Politics
Healey comes out strong for renewables
What follows is a copy of Attorney General Maura Healey’s prepared remarks to the NECA Renewables Conference minus her introductory statement. Today, I would like to talk to you about […]
Posted inHealth Care, Politics, The Download
Healey vs. Coakley
Suffolk Superior Court Judge Janet Sanders now has two attorney general opinions in front of her on the proposed acquisition of South Shore Hospital by Partners HealthCare. One, from former […]
Posted inHealth Care, Politics
Healey opposes Partners deal
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY told a Superior Court judge on Monday that she has serious concerns with her predecessor’s deal to let Partners Healthcare take over three smaller hospitals and […]
