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AG Healey Secures First-of-its-Kind Relief in Settlement With Major Student Loan Servicer 

2/10/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Resolves Claims that PHEAA Made Errors and Misrepresentations in Administering Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program; More than 200,000 Massachusetts Borrowers Entitled to Account Reviews; PHEAA Responsible for Loan Account Corrections and Compensation

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AG Healey Awards $1.5 Million in Grants to Promote Racial Equity in Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder 

2/09/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Grants Provided to 16 Organizations for Accessible Opioid Use Recovery Programs and Behavioral Health Services for Communities of Color

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Citibank to Pay Nearly $900,000 to Thousands of Massachusetts Consumers for Credit Card Overcharges  

2/09/2021 Office of the Attorney General

AG Healey Joins $4.2 Million Multistate Settlement with Company

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Two Brockton Men Charged in Connection With Illegally Collecting Unemployment Benefits 

2/05/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Defendants Allegedly Stole More than a Combined Total of $85,000

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AG’s Office Secures $573 Million Settlement With McKinsey for ‘Turbocharging’ Opioid Sales and Profiting From the Epidemic 

2/04/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Massachusetts to Receive $13 Million; Case Is First Multistate Opioid Settlement to Result in Substantial Payment to Address the Epidemic

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AG Healey Opens Grant Application Period for Seventh Annual Summer Job Program for Young People 

2/03/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Deadline for Applications is March 5; Applicants are Required to Detail their Ability to Safely and Successfully Run a Program Amid the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic

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Developer to Pay Over $1 Million Following Claims of Damaging Protected Streams and Wetlands, Polluting River in Williamsburg  

2/01/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Company Must Restore Impacted Resources, Place Land into Conservation

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AG Secures More Than $1 Million From Two Adult Day Health Centers Over Allegations of Improper Billing  

1/28/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Facilities in Marlborough and Lowell Billed for Services Not Provided and in Violation of MassHealth Regulations

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Reports Published by AG’s Office Show Massachusetts Hospitals and HMOs Made Significant Contributions to Community Benefits in 2019  

1/25/2021 Office of the Attorney General

$895 Million Contributed Including Investments in Health Equity, Social Determinants of Health and Charity Care

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AG Healey Leads Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Final Assault on Endangered Species Act Protections 

1/19/2021 Office of the Attorney General

AG Also Files Motion Seeking to Vacate Earlier Rollbacks of Species Protections and Joins Lawsuit Challenging Rule Narrowing Scope of Longstanding Protections for Migratory Birds

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AG Healey Fights Trump’s Last-Gasp Efforts to Undermine Environmental Protections 

1/19/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Joins Lawsuits to Challenge “Midnight Rules” That Will Put Public Health and the Environment at Risk

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AG Healey Joins Multistate Lawsuit to Protect Tipped Workers From Harmful Trump Administration Rule  

1/19/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Sues to Stop Trump Administration’s Last-Ditch Effort to Allow Employers to Reduce Wages of Tipped Employees