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AG’S OFFICE BLOCKS ACCOUNTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHIELDS BAD ACTORS

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted February 26, 2020 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Now records we have received from Healey’s shed light on why her office may be avoiding the issue—her office is also guilty of the same kind of questionable social media management.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, attorney general, Chick-fil-A, Chicopee, criminal justice, Critical MA, Facebook, FOIA, Healey, LGBTQ, Massachusetts, Police, public information, public records, Shoestring, social media, Twitter, western Mass

THERE’S MUCH MORE TO THE MASS STATE POLICE SCANDAL THAN IS BEING REPORTED

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 21, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

After SPAM received the full payment, its then-treasurer told investigators that Pullman demanded a check for $250,000 for Lynch Associates, pounding the table and yelling “Stop breaking my f**cking balls and give me the check!” when the treasurer questioned him.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, AMMO, attorney general, Axon, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, contacts and contracts, Deval Patrick, Ed Markey, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Environmental Police, feature, features, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun control, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, Healey, history, Journalism, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, licenses, licensing, Maine, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Tasers, massacres, Michael Dukakis, MSP, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, NRA, OCPF, ONA, Online News Association, OSD, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Police, police militarization, reports, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, state police, statistics, straw purchasing, stun guns, Taser, Tasers, Virginia, wbur

CT HIGH COURT RULING OPENS UP MASS GUN SELLER TO SANDY HOOK LAWSUIT

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 19, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

It could be years before the Newtown case works its way up through the Supreme Court of the United States, where it is inevitably headed. In the meantime, DigBoston and BINJ will continue to report on the firearm economy in Mass and to identify the politicians, including Baker, who speak out against harm while accepting money from gun dealers and distributors.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, AMMO, attorney general, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, Ed Markey, Environmental Police, firearms, GOAL, gun control, guns, Healey, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, MSP, NRA, OCPF, OSD, Parkland, Picknelly, Sandy Hook, state police

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: ARC OF THE MORAL UNIVERSE

Written by VARIOUS AUTHORS Posted February 27, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

tasers

Mass State Police and local law enforcement have spent millions amassing an arsenal of Tasers, but there’s minimal accountability for those doing the purchasing, or for those doing the tasing

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, AMMO, attorney general, Axon, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, contacts and contracts, Ed Markey, Environmental Police, firearms, GOAL, gun control, guns, Healey, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Tasers, MSP, NRA, OCPF, OSD, Parkland, state police, stun guns, Taser, Tasers

FEATURE FOLLOW-UP: FIRE SALE PT. 1 1/2

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 22, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

In one moment of clarity, a state police spokesperson did confirm that there is zero outside oversight of millions of dollars in purchasing done by the department.

Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, AMMO, attorney general, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, Ed Markey, Environmental Police, firearms, GOAL, gun control, guns, Healey, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, MSP, NRA, OCPF, OSD, Parkland, Picknelly, state police

SPECIAL FEATURE: FIRE SALE PT. 1

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 27, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

"The participating state agencies sought proposals from makers and distributors of everything from practice ammo and targets, to handguns, silencers, tasers, tear gas, chemical munitions, pepperball launchers, dart guns, gas masks, and ballistic blankets."

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, AMMO, attorney general, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, Ed Markey, Environmental Police, firearms, GOAL, gun control, guns, Healey, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, MSP, NRA, OCPF, OSD, Parkland, Picknelly, state police

UNRESPONSIVE: THE MASSACHUSETTS PUBLIC RECORDS LAW FAILS THREE OUT OF THREE TIMES

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted August 22, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

That’s what’s happening with all three agencies in this case, with each one putting their own unique spin on how to circumvent the rules.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: AG, attorney general, BINJ, Boston, Boston City Hall, BPD, Critical Mass, East Boston High School, ice, immigration, Marty Walsh, Mass State Police, Maura Healey, public records

BRIC OF ICE: FEEBLE STATE RECORDS LAW AIDS ICE IN MA

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted July 2, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

What’s less known is that here in Massachusetts, our feeble public records law is helping to bolster these efforts by obscuring the process through which local officials share information with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: AG, attorney general, BINJ, Boston, Boston City Hall, BPD, Critical Mass, East Boston High School, ice, immigration, Marty Walsh, Maura Healey, public records

EVERSOURCE SCREWS MASS CONSUMERS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 5, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

EVERSOURCE SCREWS MASS CONSUMERS

 

With a little help from its friends, the “regulators” at the Department of Public Utilities

It is perhaps understandable that one of the most important Massachusetts news stories of the year was buried in the avalanche of reports coming out of Washington last week. But Eversource Energy, a large investor-owned utility serving much of Connecticut, New ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: AG, Apparent Horizon, attorney general, Avangrid, Boston, choice, Column, corporation, Department of Public Utilities, economy, electricity, energy, Eversource, hike, investor-owned, Jason Pramas, MAMEC, Massachusetts, Maura Healey, muni, municipal, news, Politics, power, rate, regulation, regulatory capture, utilities, utility

WHERE’S MAURA? AG HEALEY SAYS ENFORCING THE PUBLIC RECORDS LAW IS A PRIORITY, BUT DOESN’T DO IT HERSELF

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted February 16, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

To be fair, it might be awkward for Healey to pursue violations given that her own office has trouble following the public records law.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: AG, AGO, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, Broken Records, Commonwealth, FOIA, Martha Coakley, Massachusetts, Maura Healey, public records, State House, William Galvin

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