All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 6 2017 // The board responsible for regulating marijuana in Massachusetts is now in place after the selection of three more members. Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey on Friday appointed Britte McBride, a former assistant...
Sep 4 2017 // Campus Guns“College campuses as gun-free zones present an environment where murderers, rapists and other criminals may commit crimes without fear of being harmed by their victims.”— An NRA lobbyist who...
Sep 1 2017 // Hospitality Insurance Group President and CEO John W. Tympanick has announced his 2018 retirement after 26 years with the Southborough, Mass.-based company.“After 26 years helping...
Sep 1 2017 // Police in Massachusetts are warning of fake social media accounts that have popped up after a woman won the $758.7 million Powerball jackpot.Chicopee police say fake accounts are being created on Twitter, Facebook and...
Aug 31 2017 // An Avon, Mass., man has been arrested and arraigned in connection with allegedly running a major motor vehicle theft scheme.Authorities arrested Jose Sostre on Tuesday in Avon. Following his arrest, Sostre was arraigned in...
Aug 29 2017 // Boston federal prosecutors are seeking more than $13 million from a Massachusetts pharmacy co-founder who was sentenced to prison in a nationwide meningitis outbreak that killed 76 people and sickened hundreds more.The...
Aug 28 2017 // Lawyers representing 750 drunken driving defendants in Massachusetts say the state withheld evidence that might show Breathalyzer results were flawed.The Boston Globe reports the lawyers believe they are missing about 400...
Aug 25 2017 // A state senator was named Wednesday by Governor Charlie Baker to the regulatory board that will oversee the cannabis industry in Massachusetts.Sen. Jennifer Flanagan, of Leominster, is the first appointee to the...
Aug 25 2017 // The fire chief in Millbury, Mass., has been hospitalized after flames hit three homes and caused several propane tanks to explode.Chief Richard Hamilton was taken to UMass Medical Center in Worcester early Wednesday with...
Aug 24 2017 // Boston Insurance Brokerage (BIB), a Boston, Mass.-based national wholesale brokerage offering commercial insurance solutions, has promoted John Roderiques to associate vice president of its workers’ compensation...
Aug 23 2017 // The Arbella Insurance Group, a Quincy, Mass.-headquartered regional property and casualty insurance company, has promoted Ellen Mann to assistant vice president of human resources.Reporting to Gayle O’Connell,...
Aug 17 2017 // Partners Insurance Group LLC, a Swansea, Mass.-headquartered independent insurance agency with eight locations in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, has promoted Michelle McDonald to vice president. McDonald...
Aug 16 2017 // A Massachusetts behavioral health facility faces $207,690 in proposed penalties from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for violations found while conducting a...
Aug 16 2017 // Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker last month signed H. 3680, a bipartisan bill to extend protections to pregnant workers in the state.The legislation, An Act Establishing the Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness Act,...
Aug 7 2017 // Two firms are trying to avoid reimbursing a Connecticut native for the loss of his boat after it sank with his mother on board under suspicious circumstances.The Hartford Courant reported Thursday the National Liability...
Aug 7 2017 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc., a Worcester, Mass.-based holding company for several property and casualty insurance companies, reported in its second quarter results that it has initiated expense actions to eliminate...
Aug 7 2017 // Egregious Fallony“The Fallons’ alleged theft from injured workers is particularly egregious. By stealing from injured workers who depend on the funds for future care, the Fallons may have left many victims...
Aug 7 2017 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in favor of a woman who was fired by her employer for testing positive for her prescribed use of marijuana to treat a medical condition.The court found that because...
Aug 3 2017 // The Arbella Insurance Group, a Quincy, Mass.-headquartered regional property and casualty insurance company, has appointed Karen Jansky as director of application development in information technology.Reporting to Matthew...
Jul 25 2017 // Fire officials say a blaze tore through an apartment complex under construction in Massachusetts.Waltham Fire Chief Paul Ciccone says the complex’s five buildings collapsed in the early Sunday fire. Ciccone says none...