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State Attorneys General Keep Pressure on Secretary DeVos, Call on U.S. Department of Education to Uphold Student Protections 

7/13/2017 Office of the Attorney General

AG Healey and 20 Other Attorneys General Decry New Rulemaking as “Betrayal of Students”

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New Hampshire-Based Construction Company Cited More Than $160,000 for Failing to Pay Workers on Public Projects 

7/12/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Company Did Not Pay Workers Prevailing Wage, Overtime

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Used Car Dealership to Pay Restitution and Reform Its Practices Based on Claims of Misleading Consumers, Selling Unsafe Cars 

7/12/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Settlement Part of AG Healey’s Continued Action Against Deceptive Practices in the Auto Industry; Consumers to Receive $50,000 in Restitution

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Owner of Home Health Agency and Employee Arrested for Allegedly Stealing Nearly $2.7 Million From MassHealth 

7/11/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Defendants Charged with Routinely Overbilling MassHealth, Falsely Billing for Unauthorized Services that Were Never Provided

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AG Healey Applauds CFPB’s Restriction on Class Action Waivers in Consumer Contracts 

7/10/2017 Office of the Attorney General

AG Healey Previously Led Multistate Coalition Urging Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Restore Protections for Consumers

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AG Healey Calls for Reversal of Lower Court’s Approval of Remington’s Class Action Rifle Settlement 

7/07/2017 Office of the Attorney General

States Raise Public Safety Concerns Over Inadequate Agreement to Repair Trigger Defects for Rifle Owners

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AG Healey Sues Education Secretary Betsy Devos and U.S. Department of Education for Abandoning Critical Student Protections 

7/06/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Leads Coalition of States in Lawsuit Against DeVos for Canceling Rules That Protect Students and Taxpayers from Abuse by Predatory For-Profit Schools

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Statement From AG Healey on Court Order Blocking the EPA From Suspending Regulations That Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

7/05/2017 Office of the Attorney General

AG Healey Led Coalition of States in Opposing EPA’s Unlawful Stay of Nationwide Standards to Cut Methane Emissions from New Facilities in the Oil and Natural Gas Industry

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AG Healey Secures $455,000 in Refunds for Students Deceived by Online For-profit School 

7/05/2017 Office of the Attorney General

DeVry University Resolves Allegations That it Misled Students About Job Placement Rates

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AG Healey Issues Freedom of Information Request About the Federal Government’s Immigration Policies and Enforcement 

6/29/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Leads Coalition of 10 Attorneys General in Demanding Documents from Trump Administration

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Three Indicted on Human Trafficking, Money Laundering Charges for Selling Women for Sex at Brothels 

6/29/2017 Office of the Attorney General

AG’s Office, FBI Worked with Local Police Departments to Dismantle Sex Trafficking Operation in Boston, Cambridge, North Reading, and Quincy

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AG Healey Joins Coalition Vowing Lawsuit Against EPA If Trump Administration Continues to Fail to Regulate Methane Emissions 

6/29/2017 Office of the Attorney General

15 Attorneys General, California Air Resources Board, Corporate Counsel for the City of Chicago to Sue Over Failure to Regulate Methane Emissions from Existing Sources in the Oil and Natural Gas Industry