All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 1 2021 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has found that a worker can’t charge his workers’ comp insurer for the cost of medical marijuana treatment due to a work-related injury.This comes after Mark T. Delano initially...
Feb 16 2021 // Lawmakers and the attorney general’s office want a state agency to force car insurance providers to lower rates for Massachusetts customers.The pandemic has kept many drivers off the road, meaning thousands of fewer...
Feb 11 2021 // A Massachusetts superior court has ruled that a woman can bring claims for medical malpractice and unfair consumer practices against a hospice company for overmedicating her with narcotics and falsely certifying that she...
Feb 4 2021 // Owners of a solar energy farm in Massachusetts have reached a settlement with the state’s attorney general’s office to remediate a large tract of wetlands and riverfront damaged during construction of the site...
Feb 2 2021 // Victor Creatini says he was taking a bike ride with his dog on a leash beside him when a pit bull ran into the street and attacked his dog, causing him to fall from his bike and suffer injuries.Although Creatini argued the...
Jan 20 2021 // Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker vetoed a sweeping climate change bill Thursday, just days after top Democratic lawmakers on Beacon Hill vowed to immediately refile and pass it again if the Republican refused to sign...
Jan 14 2021 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a full-service global insurance broker, has acquired Alpha Pension Group Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Alpha Pension Group is a retirement...
Jan 11 2021 // Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker said last week he is reviewing legislation passed by lawmakers that would overhaul the state’s climate laws, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create renewable energy jobs and...
Jan 7 2021 // The founders of Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services, a membership alliance of independent insurance agencies, have retired after 21 years of leading the company.Bruce and Janet Cochrane retired from their full-time...
Dec 23 2020 // A landscape worker was seriously injured after becoming pinned by his equipment while removing snow, Chelmsford police said. A worker in the building called 911 after hearing a man yelling for help. Police and firefighters...
Dec 17 2020 // Exxon Mobil Corp. told a judge that a fraud lawsuit filed by Massachusetts last year amounts to illegal punishment for the energy giant’s views about fossil fuels, the latest twist in their bitter clash over climate...
Dec 11 2020 // DOXA Insurance Holdings, an acquirer of specialty niche-focused insurance distribution companies, has established a strategic relationship with Century Equity Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, in order to...
Dec 2 2020 // Gale-force winds lashed much of the northeastern U.S. on Monday, prompting tornado watches and flash-flood warnings.“Hold on to your hats!” the National Weather Service in Boston tweeted as gusts exceeding 50...
Nov 30 2020 // A minor earthquake was registered Sunday in Massachusetts in roughly the same area where a more significant one struck earlier this month, the U.S. Geological Survey said.The agency’s National Earthquake Information...
Nov 23 2020 // A fire at the renowned Jacob’s Pillow dance center in Massachusetts destroyed a theater building, but no one was hurt.The fire at the Doris Duke Theatre was reported at about 7 a.m., Becket Fire Chief Paul...
Nov 19 2020 // Sayata Labs has hired Mat Reardon as business development manager for the East Coast and Tim Regilio to manage West Coast activities also as business development manager.Reardon will manage all current and prospective...
Nov 16 2020 // A Massachusetts septic hauling company has agreed to pay up to $500,000 to settle allegations that it dumped waste into a local town’s sewer system to avoid paying disposal fees.State Attorney General Maura Healey...
Nov 13 2020 // The builders of an apartment complex have agreed to pay $335,000 to settle allegations that workers improperly handled asbestos-containing material during the redevelopment of a former manufacturing site in Lawrence,...
Nov 6 2020 // A natural gas pipeline company and one of its contractors has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle allegations that they violated Massachusetts environmental protection laws during the construction of a natural gas pipeline in...
Oct 22 2020 // Eastern Insurance Group LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eastern Bank, has acquired the assets of the Auburn Insurance Agency Inc., a full-service, family-owned insurance agency based in Natick, Mass. Founded in 1982 by...