Topic: Martha Coakley

The Herald is joining Beacon Hill leaders in officially clamoring for "transparency" and open access to win back the public's trust - by exercising ...
The embattled Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, which oversees 15 acres of downtown parkland, is a politically wired nonprofit agency with...

AG: Sheriff milked employees for cash

The late Middlesex Sheriff James V. DiPaola apparently cultivated a "pay-to-play" department in which he kept a meticulous diary of favored...
Attorney General Martha Coakley wants the state to do more to compensate utility customers who suffer lengthy power outages after severe storms.....
Transgender people are celebrating a new state law that prohibits discrimination against them in employment, housing, insurance and credit.. . Gov...
San Francisco-based construction company, URS Corp., has paid an additional $2.3 million to resolve allegations it submitted false and inflated...

Film director charged with fraud in Massachusetts

(Reuters) - A Los Angeles-based filmmaker was charged Friday with defrauding Massachusetts of almost $5 million in inflated tax credits for two movies he made along the state's scenic Cape Cod shoreline.Daniel Adams, 50, is accused of fraudulently submitting tax credit ...

Frank requests hearing on mortgage abuses at Ally

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressman Barney Frank on Wednesday asked his colleagues to hold a hearing on alleged mortgage abuses at Ally Financial, a day after the attorney general from his home state of Massachusetts requested that lawmakers investigate."Given Ally's significant role ...

Mass. AG hits big banks with foreclosure lawsuit

(Reuters) - The Massachusetts attorney general has filed a lawsuit against five large U.S. banks accusing them of deceptive foreclosure practices, a signal of ebbing confidence that a multi-state agreement can be worked out.Attorney General Martha Coakley said on Thursday she ...

Massachusetts preparing to file foreclosure lawsuits

(Reuters) - Massachusetts on Wednesday said it is preparing to sue big banks related to unlawful foreclosures, dealing another blow to the multi-state talks aimed at resolving those investigations on a national scale."I have lost confidence that the banks will bring to ...