Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Massachusetts’ Energi Names Windstein Chief Underwriting Officer
Dec 10 2018 // Energi, the Peabody, Mass.-headquartered parent company for Energi Insurance Services Inc., has named Michael Windstein as chief underwriting officer. In this role, Windstein will support Energi’s underwriting...
Lockout of Gas Workers to be Focus of Massachusetts Legislative Hearing
Dec 3 2018 // Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill that would require National Grid to provide health insurance to locked-out gas workers and prohibit public funds from flowing to the company until the labor dispute ends. The...
Mass. Appeals Court Rules Medical Device Manufacturer Illegally Fired Employee
Dec 3 2018 // A Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that Dielectrics, a Massachusetts-based medical device manufacturer, illegally fired Ileana Bermudez after she collected workers’ compensation benefits and filed a lawsuit...
Family of Woman with Opioid Addiction Sues a Mass. Police Department for Records
Nov 30 2018 // The family of a 30-year-old Vermont woman whose obituary gained national attention for its discussion about her opioid addiction are suing a Massachusetts police department for information about the days leading up to her...
Massachusetts Pot Shops Report Sales Above $2.2M in 1st Week of Operation
Nov 30 2018 // The first commercial pot shops in Massachusetts sold more than $2.2 million worth of marijuana products during the first five days they were open for business. That’s according to figures released Tuesday by the...
Former Students Sue Massachusetts College that Abruptly Closed
Nov 28 2018 // Students who attended a Massachusetts college that abruptly shut its doors filed a class-action lawsuit Monday against the school and former administrators and trustees, alleging they were victims of fraud,...
Mass. Pot Shops May Be Open, but Workers Can Still Be Fired Over Weed
Nov 26 2018 // The long-awaited opening of the first recreational marijuana stores in Massachusetts was cheered by cannabis enthusiasts and entrepreneurs, but it doesn’t change the reality that workers can be fired or face...
Mass. Appeals Court Rules Medical Device Manufacturer Illegally Fired Employee
Nov 21 2018 // A Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that Dielectrics, a Massachusetts-based medical device manufacturer, illegally fired Ileana Bermudez after she collected workers’ compensation benefits and filed a lawsuit...
U.S. Senate Committee Holding Hearing on Massachusetts Natural Gas Incident
Nov 21 2018 // U.S. senators are holding a hearing in Lawrence, Mass., to review the response to the September natural gas explosions that rocked Merrimack Valley communities. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation...
First Legal Pot Stores in Massachusetts Open at Same Time
Nov 20 2018 // The first two recreational marijuana stores in Massachusetts opened at the same exact time this week. A spokeswoman for Cultivate in Leicester said Saturday the store planned to move up its regular 10 a.m. start time to 8...
Thousands of Homes Still Lack Gas Service After Massachusetts Blasts
Nov 19 2018 // The company at the center of the natural gas explosions in Massachusetts in September says it has restored gas service to about 60 percent of affected homes, but nearly 1,760 families remain in temporary housing. The Sept....
Massachusetts Lawmakers Set Hearings on Natural Gas Disaster
Nov 16 2018 // The Massachusetts Senate has scheduled two oversight hearings next month on issues stemming from the September natural gas explosions and fires in three communities. Senate leaders say the first hearing, planned for Dec. 4...
Mass. Contractor Faces $311K in Penalties for Exposing Workers to Safety Hazards
Nov 15 2018 // Northeast Framing Inc., a contractor based in Lunenberg, Mass., has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for exposing workers to falls and other hazards...
Brown & Brown of Massachusetts Acquires Assets of Rodman Insurance Agency
Nov 13 2018 // Brown & Brown of Massachusetts LLC has acquired substantially all of the assets of Rodman Insurance Agency. With roots dating back to 1935, Rodman Insurance Agency specializes in providing property and casualty...
Massachusetts’ Rogers & Gray Insurance Hires Brown to Management Team
Nov 9 2018 // Rogers & Gray Insurance, a Kingston, Mass.-based independent insurance agency, has hired Ryan Brown to its management team. Brown joins the agency from Safeco, a Liberty Mutual Company, where he was the senior...
Mass. Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Insurer in Underinsured Motorist Coverage Case
Nov 5 2018 // A Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled in favor of an insurer in a case involving an automobile accident in which the injured plaintiff sought to obtain underinsured motorist coverage under a policy held by the mother and...
Criminal Investigation of NiSource Launched Over Massachusetts Gas Explosions
Nov 2 2018 // Federal prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation of utility company NiSource Inc over gas explosions and fires in three Massachusetts communities that killed one person and injured at least 21 others in...
Pipeline Project at Center of Massachusetts Gas Explosions Complete
Nov 1 2018 // Pipeline upgrade work at the center of natural gas explosions and fires north of Boston last month has been completed. Columbia Gas announced Tuesday it had replaced about 44 miles of gas mains and more than 5,000 service...
Utility Says Massachusetts Pipeline Replacement to be Completed This Week
Oct 31 2018 // The pipeline upgrade work that triggered natural gas explosions and fires in three Massachusetts communities last month is slated to be finished this week ahead of schedule. Columbia Gas said in a newsletter to customers...
Utility to Miss Deadline for Restoring Gas After Massachusetts Explosions
Oct 30 2018 // The utility involved in a series of natural gas explosions and fires in three Massachusetts communities last month acknowledged Friday it would not meet its original Nov. 19 deadline for restoring gas service to all its...
