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Massachusetts Court Hears Allegations Facebook Is Addictive to Young Users
Dec 8 2025 // Massachusetts’ highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state’s lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive to young users. The lawsuit, filed in 2024 by...
Apartment Building Fires Displace 70 Massachusetts Families; No Injuries Reported
Dec 5 2025 // Both of the apartment building fires that displaced 70 families in Holyoke this week appear to be accidental but the exact causes remain under investigation, according to city and state fire officials. Holyoke Fire Chief...
Jury Orders Massachusetts State Police to Pay $6.8M Over Discrimination Claims
Nov 21 2025 // A jury has ordered the Massachusetts State Police to pay $6.8 million after a finding that it discriminated against female and minority troopers. The verdict confirmed Tuesday by a Suffolk Superior Court clerk came in a...
King Risk Partners Buys Acacia Insurance in Massachusetts
Nov 20 2025 // Florida-based national insurance agency King Risk Partners announced its continued expansion into the New England market through the acquisition of Acacia Insurance, an independent agency located in Waltham,...
Massachusetts Survey Identifies Safety Issues for Assisted Living Residences
Oct 29 2025 // Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey cited the results of a survey on safety of all 272 assisted living residences (ALRs) in the state in announcing actions to enhance the safety of ALR residents. In July, following the...
Rhode Island Couple Dies in Plane Crash on Massachusetts Highway
Oct 14 2025 // A Rhode Island husband and wife were killed and another person injured Monday morning when a small plane crashed onto a highway in southeastern Massachusetts. The deceased were identified as Thomas and Agatha Perkins, of...
Correction: Mass. Appeals Court Revives Fired Employee’s Religious Claim Over Vaccine Refusal
Sep 30 2025 // A surgical technician who was fired in 2021 after refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine for religious reasons can pursue her claim against her former employer UMass Memorial Health Care, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has...
Massachusetts Settles Asbestos Claims With Abatement Firm, Supermarket
Sep 12 2025 // The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has reached an agreement with Compass Restoration Services, a Ludlow-based asbestos and lead abatement company, to resolve allegations that the company violated the...
Duffy Acquires Sartori Agency of Massachusetts
Sep 11 2025 // Duffy Insurance Agencies in Lynn, Massachusetts announced it has acquired the Sartori Insurance, a family-run agency that has served the Lexington, Massachusetts community for more than 50 years. The Sartori team will...
Mass. Orders Insurers to Cover State-Backed Vaccines, Even Without CDC Support
Sep 5 2025 // Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey said Thursday the state had ordered insurers to cover vaccines backed by its health department, even if the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issue narrower...
Trump Administration to Revoke Approval of Another Massachusetts Offshore Wind Farm
Sep 4 2025 // President Donald Trump’s administration plans to revoke federal approval of Avangrid’s planned New England Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts, according to a court filing on Wednesday. The legal...
People Moves: Insurance Women Chapter Forms in Western Massachusetts
Aug 18 2025 // Pioneer Valley Launches MAIW Chapter Insurance industry professionals have established a new chapter of the Massachusetts Association of Insurance Women (MAIW) in the Pioneer Valley region in western Massachusetts. The...
Massachusetts Ambulance Firms to Pay $6M to Settle False Billing Charges
Aug 7 2025 // Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced a $6 million settlement with two ambulance companies on charges they submitted false claims. The state said the settlement with Brewster Ambulance Service, Inc....
Massachusetts Announces New Safety Measures for Assisted Living Facilities
Jul 24 2025 // In response to the recent tragic fire at Gabriel House in Fall River, Massachusetts, the state announced new measures to enhance the safety of residents living in the state’s 273 assisted living residences...
Woman, 66, Is 10th Person to Die After Massachusetts Assisted-Living Facility Fire
Jul 21 2025 // A tenth person has died after a fire that tore through an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts last weekend, officials confirmed on Saturday. Brenda Cropper, 66, died at a hospital Friday, according to Bristol County...
Orion180 Offering Flexible Home and Flood Insurance in Coastal Massachusetts
Jul 21 2025 // Orion180 Insurance, a provider of homeowners and flood insurance coverages, has launched its FLEX Home Insurance product in nine eastern counties of Massachusetts. FLEX provides customizable coverage, allowing homeowners...
Deadly Massachusetts Fire Highlights Assisted Living Regulation, Staffing
Jul 17 2025 // The Massachusetts assisted-living facility where a fatal fire killed nine people was caring for dozens of aging residents reliant on wheelchairs and oxygen tanks, but it lacked the safety measures and most of the staffing...
Massachusetts Assisted Living Home Had Been Cited for Late Safety Reports
Jul 16 2025 // A Massachusetts assisted-living center where nine residents died in a fire was cited for failing to immediately report more than two dozen health and safety incidents, according to regulators’ most recent review of...
Post-Mortem Begins of Assisted-Living Fire That Killed 9 in Massachusetts
Jul 15 2025 // Flames roared through an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, killing nine people and trapping residents inside, including some who leaned out of windows and screamed for help, authorities said Monday. At least 30...
Fire at Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility Takes 9 Lives, Injures 30
Jul 14 2025 // Nine people have died in a fire at an assisted living facility in Massachusetts, where people were hanging out of windows screaming for help, authorities said Monday. At least 30 people were injured. Firefighters responded...
