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AG Healey to Challenge $96 Million Rate Increase Request from Eversource 

1/17/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Rate Hikes Proposed for NSTAR Electric ($60 million) and the Western Massachusetts Electric Company ($36 million); Includes Shareholder Profits of 10.5 percent

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Moody’s to Pay $12 Million to Massachusetts for Deceptive, Fraudulent Credit Rating Practices 

1/17/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Settlement is Part of Nearly $864 Million State-Federal Deal Over Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities at Center of Financial Crisis

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AG Healey Announces $30 Million in Debt Relief for Thousands of Massachusetts Students Who Attended American Career Institute 

1/13/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Former For-Profit School Admitted to Lying and Violating Massachusetts Law; U.S. Department of Education Takes Unprecedented Action to Cancel Student Loans

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AG Healey’s Office Recovers More than $80 Million for Massachusetts Medicaid Program in 2016 

1/11/2017 Office of the Attorney General

The Second Highest Amount Recovered for MassHealth to Date; Secured Largest Medicaid Fraud Recovery in State History with Wyeth Settlement

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Worcester Gun Dealer Agrees to End Illegal Firearm Sales 

1/09/2017 Office of the Attorney General

‘The Gun Parlor’ Will No Longer Sell Handguns that are Prohibited Under Massachusetts Law

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Former RMV Employee Pleads Guilty, Sentenced to Jail in Connection with Taking Money from Multiple Inspection Station Owners 

1/06/2017 Office of the Attorney General

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AG Healey Calls on Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Address Safety Concerns at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant 

1/04/2017 Office of the Attorney General

Leads Group of Federal and State Officials in Requesting a Public Meeting

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Former Tax Collector Indicted in Connection with Allegedly Stealing More than $150,000 

1/03/2017 Office of the Attorney General

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Agawam Police Officer Indicted in Connection with Stealing More than $10,000 from Police Union 

1/03/2017 Office of the Attorney General

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Tennessee Gas Agrees to Pay the State More than $640,000 for Its Pipeline Expansion Project Through Otis State Forest 

12/29/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Company Took Land in Sandisfield by Eminent Domain; Settlement Includes Environmental Mitigation, Recreational Improvements and Securing Additional Conservation Land

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AG Healey Joins Broad Coaltion of States and Localities Urging President-elect Trump to Support the Clean Power Plan 

12/29/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Clean Power Plan Places the First Nationwide Limits on Harmful Greenhouse Gas Pollution from Fossil-Fueled Plants

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AG Healey Issues Advisory on Minimum Wage Increase, Information to Be Available in 14 Languages 

12/28/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Minimum Wage Set to Increase to $11 on Jan. 1, 2017

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Owner of Multiple Businesses in Stoughton Indicted for Workers’ Compensation Fraud 

12/27/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Misled Auditors to Evade $40,000 in Workers’ Compensation Premiums

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Brockton Drywall Company Cited More Than $20,000 for Failing to Pay Workers 

12/25/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Citation Includes Restitution to Employees and Penalties

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North Attleboro Restaurant Cited More than $20,000 for Failing to Pay Employees, Insufficient Recordkeeping 

12/22/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Citations Include Restitution to Employees and Penalties