All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 10 2016 // More than a million Massachusetts drivers will see their auto insurance bills increase by as much as 9 percent this year.Insurance companies and industry officials told The Boston Globe that cheaper gas and an improving...
Jul 8 2016 // Massachusetts’ highest court has cleared the way for a question that calls for legalizing recreational marijuana in Massachusetts to appear on the November ballot.The Supreme Judicial Court in Wednesday’s...
Jul 7 2016 // The city of Worcester, Massachusetts has agreed to pay $2.1 million to a mother who said police officers coerced her to confess to suffocating her 13-month-old son with a teddy bear. The Telegram & Gazette reported...
Jul 6 2016 // The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded $30 million to 23 state health departments over the next five years as part of the Core State Violence and Injury Prevention Program (Core SVIPP). The program will...
Jul 6 2016 // One thing that James Butcher tells Massachusetts high school students is that he’s sure they want to enjoy a great life and come back for reunions after graduation. But that won’t happen if they “drive...
Jul 5 2016 // On the Saturday morning of Memorial Day weekend, Jack Jakubek, 22, was in the middle of the swim portion of the Nauset Beach lifeguard test that should have been a walk in the park for him. Jakubek was supremely fit, a...
Jul 1 2016 // Transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft would be legally sanctioned to operate in Massachusetts, under a set of mostly reasonable regulation, under legislation approved this week in a 34-2 vote of the state...
Jul 1 2016 // The Massachusetts Senate has passed a bill to regulate ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft.The legislation approved Wednesday on a 34-2 vote would require drivers to undergo criminal background checks and carry...
Jun 30 2016 // At first, the woman tried to hide her painkiller problem. She told the doctor that she still had pain from her past pregnancy, and that she just wanted a refill on her pain medication.After a few questions, though, she...
Jun 28 2016 // Narragansett Bay Insurance Co. has named Peter Hutchinson an assistant vice president and Rhode Island and Massachusetts territory manager. Hutchinson will be responsible for partnerships with NBIC’s agents and...
Jun 27 2016 // A bill that would regulate ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft, including requiring drivers undergo criminal background checks and mandate they carry insurance policies of at least $1 million, was unveiled last week...
Jun 23 2016 // Cape Cod, Massachusetts-based Rogers & Gray Insurance has acquired the independent insurance agency, Albert G. Brock Co., located on Nantucket Island. The newly formed entity will now be known as Brock Insurance, a...
Jun 17 2016 // The parents of a woman who died in a crash involving a duck boat urged Massachusetts state officials on Wednesday to require new safety rules for the amphibious sightseeing vessels.Ivan and Martha Warmuth joined several...
Jun 14 2016 // Duffy Insurance Agency, a family-owned, independent agency based in Lynn, Massachusetts, announced that it has acquired Jay Colangelo Insurance Agency of Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Terms of the transaction were not...
Jun 14 2016 // The University of Massachusetts Amherst is receiving a $15 million donation to strengthen its data science and cybersecurity programs.The 10-year donation comes from the MassMutual Foundation, a charitable arm of the...
Jun 2 2016 // Two multi-generational independent agencies in Boston suburbs — Amos A. Phelps & Son Insurance in Rockland, Massachusetts, and J.H. Slattery Insurance Agency in Abington, Massachusetts — have announced...
Jun 1 2016 // A former official at the Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission (GIC) has been indicted in connection with allegedly stealing more than $122,000 from the state agency.Ennio Manto, 52, of Braintree, Massachusetts, was...
May 26 2016 // With summer jobs approaching, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has launched an effort to educate teenagers, parents, and employers about the state’s youth employment laws.“Because of committed...
May 26 2016 // It all starts with a $20 to $30 purchase.That’s the average street price of heroin today, according to Framingham, Massachusetts, Police. But if that one purchase is a bad batch, too strong, or if the user injects...
May 23 2016 // Confie, Automobile Insurance Specialists Inc., Trinity Insurance LLC, Whitehead Insurance Inc.Confie has acquired three insurance agencies in Las Vegas, South Florida, and Washington State. Confie acquired the assets of:...