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Candy Store Chain Cited Nearly $40,000 for Wage and Hour Violations Including Child Labor, Earned Sick Time 

3/03/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Chain Locations were in Boston, Dedham, and Somerville

Press Release

AG Healey Reminds Public Schools About Laws Requiring Equal Access to Education Regardless of Immigration Status 

3/02/2017 Office of the Attorney General

AG Issues Advisory to Local School Districts that will be Distributed by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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AG Healey Announces New Initiative to Better Protect the Public from Dangers of Asbestos Exposure 

3/01/2017 Office of the Attorney General

“Healthy Buildings, Healthy Air” Initiative Includes Education Effort in School Districts and Statewide Enforcement Actions

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AG Healey Urges Congressional Committee to Withdraw Its Unprecedented Subpoena Seeking to Derail Exxon Investigation 

3/01/2017 Office of the Attorney General

AG Healey’s Office Reiterates that Representative Lamar Smith Does Not Have Jurisdiction over State Investigations

Press Statement

AG Healey Joins Coalition of Attorneys General Opposing President Trump’s Executive Order that Guts Clean Water Protections 

2/28/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Joins Attorneys General From New York, Connecticut, The District of Columbia, Hawaii, Oregon and Vermont Vowing to Fight the Order and Protect the Environment

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AG Healey Obtains Multiple Settlements in Fair Housing Cases on Behalf of Tenants With Disabilities 

2/28/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Properties Located in Worcester, Roxbury, and East Wareham; Settlements Secure $155,000 in Restitution for Tenants, Penalties and Funding for Educational Programs

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AG Healey Files Brief in Support of Protecting Consumers From Abusive Debt Buyers 

2/27/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Multistate Amicus Brief Argues Companies that Purchase and Collect Defaulted Debt Are Subject to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

Press Release

Contractors for Assembly Square Station in Somerville to Pay More Than $420,000 for Submitting False Claims 

2/24/2017 Office of the Attorney General

General Contractor and Electrical Subcontractor Knowingly Submitted Inflated Pay Estimates for Materials to Build the MBTA’s Orange Line Station

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Brookline Man and His Companies Sued for Abandoning Protected Farmland in Sandwich  

2/23/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Agricultural Resource Neglected for 16 Years; Owner Allowed Vandalism and Dumping Despite Requests to Bring the Property into Compliance

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AG Healey Reminds First Responders of Statewide Naloxone Fund Following Uptick in Cost for Overdose Drug Evzio 

2/23/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Naloxone Available Through Municipal Naloxone Bulk Purchasing Fund; Alert Follows Reports of Increased Prices of Injectable Naloxone Product Evzio

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AG Healey Awards $350,0000 in Grant Funding to Four Organizations to Provide Legal Assistance to Veterans  

2/22/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Funding to Support Legal Aid Groups and Nonprofits Across the State Focused on Helping Massachusetts Veterans

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Middleborough Woman Pleads Guilty, Sentenced for Defrauding State’s Medicaid Program  

2/21/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Defendant Pleaded Guilty to Medicaid Fraud and Larceny