The state auditor says that Massachusetts Maritime Academy violated safety rules around reporting crimes on its Cape Cod campus, according to a Thursday statement from the auditor's office.
A new audit has found that the vast majority of public schools in Massachusetts are complying with state regulations regarding school nutrition, physical education and measuring student body mass index.
Monday's report from state Auditor Suzanne Bump's office, however, found some schools failed to report the body mass information to the state Department of Public Health or adopt policies for admin
Calls to toughen oversight of Massachusetts' welfare system are growing at the Statehouse.
A group of Beacon Hill lawmakers led by House and Senate Republicans are stepping up pressure on negotiators to include in the state budget restrictions designed to guarantee that welfare benefits are reserved for the state's neediest residents...
The wheels are already turning on Beacon Hill, after the State Auditor's office confirms fraud in the Department of Transitional Assistance.
The audit show more than 1,100 people who were confirmed dead were still receiving welfare checks, and those checks were being cashed...
State Auditor Suzanne Bump has released the results of an audit performed on the Southeastern Massachusetts Convention and Visitors Bureau based in New Bedford.