Auditor Suzanne Bump

A key homelessness program is costing Massachusetts cities and towns more than $13 million each year in education costs and lost tax revenue. That's the conclusion of a report released on Wednesday by state Auditor Suzanne Bump. The program provides homeless families with temporary shelter at hotels and motels...

The Massachusetts auditor says the state's office of Early Education and Care has failed to take sufficient steps to assure sex offenders aren't working at licensed day care centers.  In a scathing report Wednesday, auditors found 119 cases in which the address of a registered sex offender matched that of a licensed child care facility...