by State House News Service | Oct 11, 2022
Candidate for governor Maura Healey on Sunday denied she’s abandoning some of her boldness to avoid making a campaign misstep and promised to help create a “whole climate corridor” in Massachusetts to help the world move away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy.
by Banker & Tradesman | Sep 7, 2022
With the final match-up between Republican and Democratic gubernatorial candidates now clear, the stakes for the real estate industry in November’s general election are starting to come into focus.
by State House News Service | Aug 17, 2022
Likely Democratic gubernatorial nominee Maura Healey announced Tuesday she would overhaul the T’s leadership and target both short- and long-term reforms to the state’s transportation network.
by Scott Van Voorhis | Jul 10, 2022
Beacon Hill is sitting on a mountain of federal cash. And House and Senate leaders are inexplicably giving the brush-off to calls to devote much of it to affordable housing production even as prices and rents are skyrocketing.
by State House News Service | Jun 24, 2022
As she ended her campaign for governor Thursday, Sen. Sonia Chang-Díaz trailed her primary opponent Attorney General Maura Healey by more than 30 points, according to newly released poll results.
by State House News Service | Jun 23, 2022
The Supreme Judicial Court rejected business groups’ latest legal challenge to the blockbuster ballot question asking voters if they support a new surtax on household income above $1 million.
by Scott Van Voorhis | Jun 12, 2022
The front-runner in the race for governor wants to have her cake and eat it too when it comes to rent control – an idea with the potential to shut down housing production in Greater Boston.
by James Sanna | Jun 7, 2022
Speaking to a Seaport District ballroom packed with Greater Boston’s business elite this morning, gubernatorial front-runner Maura Healey said she would back local rent control measures and make housing production a focus of her administration if she wins in November.
by State House News Service | Jun 6, 2022
Massachusetts Democrats on Saturday afternoon endorsed Maura Healey’s quest to move from the attorney general’s office to the governor’s suite but also put Sonia Chang-Díaz on the September primary ballot, ensuring that Healey will have some intraparty competition before she could turn her full attention to any Republican opponents.
by State House News Service | May 10, 2022
Before any decisions about the future of natural gas are made, the Department of Public Utilities should reject the plans presented by gas companies and restructure its regulatory framework for the industry to focus on ratepayers, Attorney General Maura Healey’s office recommended last week.
by State House News Service | Apr 26, 2022
Massachusetts businesses will collectively save about $80 million on workers’ compensation costs under an average 3.5 percent insurance rate rollback that was announced Monday afternoon by the attorney general’s office.
by Banker & Tradesman | Feb 23, 2022
More than 1,000 Massachusetts borrowers who had auto loans with Santander Consumer USA could receive debt relief and other payments following a settlement the company reached with the Massachusetts attorney general.
by Banker & Tradesman | Mar 4, 2019
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is among 21 state attorneys general that have sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, urging the agency not to adopt recently proposed policies issued by former Acting Director Mick Mulvaney that they say would erode critical consumer protections.
by Scott Van Voorhis | Dec 9, 2018
Attorney General Maura Healey clearly can tell a true crisis from a fake one. When it comes to shortages, Massachusetts’ towns foot-dragging and obstruction on housing construction just can’t compete with the regulatory delays faced by pot shops, which she’s aggressively putting a stop to.
by Jim Morrison | Jan 4, 2018
New Jersey-based PHH Mortgage Corp. has reached a $45 million settlement with 49 attorneys general and 45 state mortgage regulators. More than 660 Massachusetts residents are eligible for a payment totaling approximately $340,000.
by Banker & Tradesman | Dec 13, 2017
The owners of a North Andover company pleaded guilty and were sentenced in connection with operating an illegal gaming and money laundering scheme.
by State House News Service | Dec 11, 2017
Attorney General Maura Healey and her counterparts from other states are backing a legal challenge to the leadership of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, arguing that President Donald Trump’s appointment of an acting director will hinder the agency’s independence and effectiveness.
by Banker & Tradesman | Sep 26, 2017
Attorney General Maura Healey on Monday threw her support behind a bill she said made so much sense, people might have assumed it was already law.
by Banker & Tradesman | Aug 23, 2017
The Office of the Attorney General has reached a settlement with a pediatric dentist in Springfield, returning $500,000 to the state’s Medicaid program (MassHealth) and resolving claims that the dentist improperly billed the program for services.
by Bram Berkowitz | Jul 28, 2017
One of the largest debt collection companies in Massachusetts will pay more than $1 million to settle a lawsuit brought forth by Attorney General Maura Healey’s Office that alleged unlawful consumer debt collection practices.