Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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3 Massachusetts Firms to Pay $325K Over Asbestos Work at State University
Feb 23 2023 // A Waltham-based construction contractor, Devens-based plumbing contractor, and Woburn-based demolition company will pay up to $325,000 in civil penalties to settle allegations of illegal asbestos work during a renovation...
Massachusetts Diocese Releases Clergy Abuse Report With No Names
Feb 10 2023 // A Roman Catholic Diocese that covers central Massachusetts has published a new report about clergy sexual abuse of minors between 1950 and 2022, but unlike similar reports released by many other dioceses, the report did...
Fire at Massachusetts Hospital Forces Some Evacuations
Feb 9 2023 // A fire at a Massachusetts hospital’s electrical transformer forced an undetermined number of evacuations on Tuesday morning and power was shut off to the building for safety reasons, officials said. “We are...
Massachusetts’ MKS Instruments Investigates Ransomware Attack
Feb 6 2023 // MKS Instruments Inc. said on Monday it was investigating a ransomware attack that occurred last week and affected the semiconductor equipment maker’s production-related systems. The company said it was in the early...
New Massachusetts Law Aims to Thwart Catalytic Converter Thieves
Jan 23 2023 // In one of his last official acts in office, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bill designed to curb the theft of catalytic converters by regulating the purchase of the automobile parts by scrap metal dealers. Scrap...
Massachusetts Firm Charged with Illegal Dumping of Contaminated Fill in Providence
Jan 20 2023 // PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Massachusetts construction company and a former employee have been charged with illegally dumping thousands of tons of contaminated fill in Providence during a highway construction project, the...
Leader Bank in Massachusetts Launches Insurance Agency
Jan 18 2023 // Leader Bank in Massachusetts reports it has launched a subsidiary, Leader Insurance, to provide property, auto, and umbrella insurance to its loan clients on its digital platform. According to Jay Tuli, president, Leader...
Massachusetts to Weigh Proposed 4% Cut in Workers’ Compensation Rates
Jan 17 2023 // The Massachusetts insurance department will hear testimony virtually on February 3 regarding a proposed 4.0% decrease in average workers’ compensation rates. The rate filing submitted by the Workers’...
Massachusetts Gov. Healey Names Cabinet-Level Climate Chief
Jan 11 2023 // Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey marked her first full day on the job Friday by issuing an executive order creating what she says is the nation’s first cabinet-level state climate chief. Healey said the climate chief...
Massachusetts High Court: Policy Terms, Not Common Law, Control in Loss Prevention Cost Claim
Jan 9 2023 // In a pollution liability case, the Massachusetts high court has determined that an insurer does not have a common law duty to cover the expenses that a business incurred in its efforts to prevent an imminent covered...
New Massachusetts Law Aims to Thwart Catalytic Converter Thieves
Jan 6 2023 // In one of his last official acts in office, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker yesterday signed a bill designed to curb the theft of catalytic converters by regulating the purchase of the automobile parts by scrap metal...
One Dead, Another Injured During Ammonia Leak at Massachusetts Food Plant
Dec 22 2022 // A 68-year-old man died and another man was taken to the hospital for treatment after an ammonia leak at a food processing facility in Massachusetts, authorities said. Police officers and firefighters went to the plant in...
Massachusetts Fines Benefit Manager Over Workers’ Compensation Drug Prices
Dec 20 2022 // Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced that a pharmacy benefits manager, Health E Systems, has agreed to pay $275,000 for allegedly failing to follow prescription pricing procedures that are designed to...
Massachusetts Adds Cannabis Risks Curriculum to Driver Education Program
Dec 19 2022 // Beginning next month, Massachusetts will adopt a curriculum designed to educate teens on the risks of driving while under the influence of cannabis. Under the program, as of Jan. 1, Massachusetts will become the first...
Alcohol Causes 1 in 20 Deaths in Massachusetts, Boston University Report Shows
Dec 15 2022 // Alcohol kills on average 2,760 people a year in Massachusetts and the health, safety and economic toll of liquor on Bay State residents outstrips revenues from state alcohol taxes. Those are among the findings from a new...
Massachusetts Settles With Walmart Over Workers’ Compensation Drug Prices
Dec 7 2022 // Retail pharmacy Walmart, Inc. has agreed to pay $500,000 to Massachusetts after allegedly failing to follow the state’s prescription pricing procedures designed to keep costs down in the workers’ compensation...
Massachusetts High Court to Weigh Fate of 27,000 Drunk Driving Cases
Dec 6 2022 // On Wednesday, December 7, the Massachusetts high court is scheduled to begin considering a case that could result in the tossing of as many as 27,000 drunk driving cases. The case before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial...
Massachusetts Insurance Agent Sentenced for Disability Fraud
Dec 2 2022 // The former owner and operator of an Arlington-based insurance agency was sentenced earlier this month for fraudulently receiving disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Social Security...
Massachusetts Prison Guards Begin Body Camera Pilot Program
Dec 2 2022 // About 50 correctional officers at a Massachusetts prison are participating in a pilot program to evaluate the use of body cams in improving safety and transparency in state Department of Correction facilities, officials...
Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty in Physical Therapy Insurance Scam
Nov 30 2022 // A Boston man pleaded guilty in federal court in connection with a scheme to defraud an insurance company for physical therapy services that were not provided to patients, according to prosecutors. Officials said Slava...
