Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is suing an e-cigarette company, alleging it marketed and sold its nicotine vaping products to minors.
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Boston Labor Lawyer Shannon Liss-Riordan Launches U.S. Senate Bid Against Markey
High-profile workers’ rights lawyer Shannon Liss-Riordan will challenge U.S. Sen. Ed Markey in the 2020 Democratic primary. The 49-year-old Brookline resident launched her campaign against the longtime member of Congress on Monday, presenting herself as a champion for women, blue-collar workers and families and vowing to break the “endless cycle” of maintaining the status quo. […]
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Boston Uber Drivers To Join Employees In Major Cities Across The Country In Strike About Wages
Uber drivers in Boston announced Sunday they will be joining drivers in major cities across the country in a strike about wages on Wednesday, the day before the ride-hailing company is scheduled to go public. The Boston Independent Drivers Guild said its action is meant as a show of solidarity with striking drivers in cities […]
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Visiting Mass. Students Toured Notre Dame Cathedral Just Prior To Massive Fire
A group of Massachusetts high school students happened to visit the famed Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday — just prior to the massive fire that engulfed the building. Sadie Nacar, 17, was among 77 people from East Bridgewater High School who had just landed in Paris on Monday for a class trip. She says Notre Dame, one of […]
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Jay Gonzalez Calls On Gov. Baker To Remove Head Of State Police
Gov. Charlie Baker’s Democratic challenger says the head of the Massachusetts State Police, Colonel Kerry Gilpin, should be fired. Jay Gonzalez said…
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Jay Gonzalez Calls On Gov. Baker To Remove Head Of State Police
Gov. Charlie Baker’s Democratic challenger says the head of the Massachusetts State Police, Colonel Kerry Gilpin, should be fired. Jay Gonzalez said Wednesday that Baker needs to “take charge” of the embattled agency in the wake of its ongoing overtime abuse scandal. Nearly 50 members of the department have been accused of overtime abuse. “Governor […]
