AG Maura Healey

AG Maura Healey says her office is reviewing all available options to insure the project moves forward.

Attorneys general in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Massachusetts are investigating whether Exxon Mobil deceived the public or shareholders about the effects of climate change, joining similar inquiries into the oil giant launched by New York and California ...

The state has asked Attorney General Maura Healey to investigate a dozen home health care service providers suspected of submitting fraudulent bills. The Boston Globe reports that the Executive Office of Health and Human Services referred the providers to the attorney general's Medicaid Fraud Division after reviewing internal data and fielding consumer complaints that pointed to possible fraud...

Daily fantasy sports companies DraftKings and FanDuel are supporting Massachusetts' approach to regulating their industry. The companies and other industry experts participated Thursday in a forum hosted by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission...

(Associated Press)  -  A new Massachusetts law makes trafficking of the powerful synthetic drug fentanyl a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday signed a bill that was approved by the Legislature as one response to the deadly epidemic of opioid abuse in the state...

Gov. Charlie Baker says he does not consider daily fantasy sports to be a form of gambling. The Republican, responding to a reporter's question, said he believes it's a game of skill. He says he played a free game online to get a sense of what it was about...

(Associated Press) - State Treasurer Deb Goldberg says she's exploring whether the Massachusetts Lottery should enter the lucrative online world of fantasy sports. Goldberg said Wednesday that as head of the lottery commission, she always has to be thinking about potential competition to the lottery...

Opponents are already vowing to sue the government, in order to block new environmental rules from taking effect. The plan unveiled by President Barack Obama Monday is aimed at dramatically cutting emissions from U.S. power plants. Obama warned that if nothing is done about climate change, it will threaten future generations...