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AG Healey Secures Nearly $300,000 for Students of Online For-profit School  

7/02/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Settlement Provides Payments for Certain Former Ashford University Students and Resolves Allegations That School Charged Excessive Fees and Provided Inadequate Disclosures

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AG Healey Leads Coalition in Defending Constitutionality of New York’s Anti-Discrimination Law  

7/02/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Amicus Brief Filed in Case of New York Business Suing to Refuse to Offer Wedding Photography Services to LGBTQ+ Couples

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Truck Rental Company and Six Inspectors Sued for Issuing Fraudulent Vehicle Inspection Stickers  

7/01/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Penske Inspectors Allegedly Failed to Lawfully Conduct nearly 200 Safety and Emissions Inspections on Commercial Vehicles, Mostly at New Bedford Facility

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AG Healey Leads Coalition Supporting New EPA Program to Phase Down Climate Super-Pollutants 

7/01/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Coalition Calls on EPA to Strengthen Protections for Vulnerable Communities and Promote Environmental Justice While Reducing Emissions of Climate-Damaging Hydrofluorocarbons

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AG Healey Announces New Student Loan Ombudsman, Additional Resources Available to Help Borrowers 

7/01/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Ombudsman Established by State’s Newly Enacted “Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights;” Position Strengthens Ongoing Work by AG’s Office to Address Student Debt Crisis

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AG Healey Calls on Federal Energy Regulators to Limit Unnecessary Incentive Payments to Transmission Developers 

6/29/2021 Office of the Attorney General

States Urge FERC to Curb Unjust and Unneeded Incentives to Transmission Developers that Burden Ratepayers and Fail to Advance Clean Energy

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AG Healey Co-Leads Coalition Urging FBI to Recognize Non-Binary Individuals in Crime Reporting  

6/28/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Calls on Agency to Add New Non-Binary Gender Designation to Improve Federal and State Crime Data Collection

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AG Healey Reaches $90,000 Settlement With Milton Nursing Home Over Emergency Response Failures and Neglect of Resident Resulting in Death  

6/24/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Facility Allegedly Failed to Comply With Regulations Requiring Staff Competencies

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Autobody Repair Shop Owner Pleads Guilty, Sentenced to Jail in Connection with Stealing More than $170,000 in Insurance Claims 

6/23/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Shrewsbury Man Sentenced to Two and Half Years in Jail for Using Sledgehammers and Mallets to Damage Cars to get Higher Insurance Payouts at Auto Repair Shops in Everett and Worcester

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AG Healey Joins Coalition of Attorneys General Calling for Passage of the Federal Equality Act 

6/23/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Urges Senate to Pass Measure Prohibiting Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Americans

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Milton Man Pleads Guilty to Running Illegal Tobacco Distribution Scheme  

6/23/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Defendant Sold Products to Retail Stores and Gas Stations in Abington, Boston, Dedham, Holbrook, Quincy, Randolph, and Weymouth

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Owner of Staffing Agency Charged in Connection With Workers’ Compensation Fraud 

6/23/2021 Office of the Attorney General