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AG’s Office Investigates Company That Sold Ineffective Hand Sanitizer Alternative to MBTA, Reaches $550,000 Agreement to Resolve False Claims

11/18/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Company Represented that Product Containing No Alcohol Could Sanitize and Fight off COVID-19 for Six Hours

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AG Healey Issues Guidance to Schools to Help Prevent and Address Hate and Bias

11/17/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Provides Guidance and Resources to Assist Schools

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AG Healey Calls for Action to Advance Racial Justice and Equity in Health

11/16/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Issues Report with Key Recommendations to Improve Equal Access to Care; Launch Event Held with Frontline Providers and Health Equity Leaders

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AG’s Office Reaches Settlement With Sewage Disposal Company for Illegally Dumping Waste Into Millbury Sewers and Failing to Pay Fees

11/13/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Company Allegedly Carried out Scheme to Defraud Customers and Disposal Facilities and Gain Competitive Advantage Over Other Companies

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AG’s Office Awards Grant Funding to Organizations Across the State to Help Low-income Residents Pay Heating Bills

11/10/2020 Office of the Attorney General

AG Encourages Residents Who Are Facing Financial Difficulty to Contact their Utility for Assistance

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Developer and Contractor Settle AG’s Claims of Illegal Asbestos Work at Lawrence Apartment Complex

11/10/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Since 2016, AG’s Office Asbestos Enforcement Cases Have Resulted in Nearly $4.5 Million in Civil Penalties

Press Release

Former President of Special Needs Nonprofit in Revere Pleads Guilty to Stealing From Organization

11/09/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Defendant Stole More than $42,000 from Community-Based Nonprofit for Her Own Personal Use on Home Improvement Projects, Electronics, Concert Tickets

Press Statement

AG Healey Issues Statement in Defense of the Affordable Care Act on Eve of Oral Arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court

11/09/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Coalition of 20 States and D.C. will Defend the ACA

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Six Men Charged in Connection With Major Interstate Gun Trafficking Operation After Joint Investigation Led by AG’s Office

11/09/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Defendants Allegedly Transported Guns from Florida and Michigan to Sell in Massachusetts; Investigation also Uncovered Drug Trafficking and Illegal Firearms

Press Release

Tennessee Gas, Contractor Resolve Claims of Wetland, Clean Water Violations During Pipeline Expansion Project in Sandisfield and Otis State Forest

11/02/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Tennessee Gas Will Also Pave Four Miles of Cold Spring Road in Sandisfield

Press Release

Four Individuals and Former Laboratory Charged in Connection with Illegal Self-referral and Medicaid Fraud Scheme

10/28/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Charges include Medicaid False Claims, Larceny, Money Laundering, Obstruction, Witness Intimidation, and Assault & Battery

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AG Healey Co-leads 22 States in Opposing Trump Administration’s Drastic Limits on International Student Visas

10/27/2020 Office of the Attorney General

DHS’ Proposed Rule Threatens Students’ Ability to Earn Degrees and Harms State Economies

Press Statement

AG Healey, Montana Attorney General Co-lead Bipartisan Statement About the Right to Vote

10/26/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Statement Released by the National Association of Attorneys General on Behalf of 36 AGs