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Springfield and Attorney General Coordinating to Recover $20 Million Feds Snatched…

The federal government has confirmed its cancellation of a $20 million environmental grant to the city of Springfield, but officials are not giving in. There is a formal, administrative appeal process. When city officials learned of the grant’s cancellation, it said it was considering all options. Since then, the city has been in touch with the office of Attorney General Andrea Campbell. That could add some firepower to Springfield’s response.

Oliveira Looks Ahead to New Senate Term As National Clouds Gather Overhead…

SOUTH HADLEY—Despite a life of activism in politics, State Senator Jake Oliveira’s state electoral career only just began. However, his sophomore term in Beacon Hill’s upper house will differ from his previous two in the legislature.

Now AG during Trump Redux, Campbell Picks up Where Healey Left off…

As attorney general of Massachusetts, Maura Healey essentially ran point for the commonwealth’s legal opposition to Donald Trump. Now Healey is governor, a very different role than attorney general, and Trump has returned. Her successor in the AG’s office is facing a landscape not unlike the one Healey did—and Attorney General Andrea Campbell has been busy.

Hampden Senate Candidates Hit Valley Airwaves with Final Pitches & Endorsements…

In the final week of the Democratic primary for the Hampden Senate district, the race is moving onto the airwaves. Springfield City Councilor Malo Brown has purchased airtime on the Springfield-Holyoke media market’s broadcast networks. Senator Adam Gomez is not far behind.

Analysis: Soldiers’ Home Justice Is a Bigger Project Than Two Defendants’ Sentences…

Nearly four years after the shroud of the coronavirus fell upon Holyoke and the then-Soldiers’ Home, its final legal drama has apparently concluded. The only two people to face criminal charges from the outbreak changed their pleas, essentially throwing themselves upon the mercy of the court. A judge obliged.

Analysis: The Legislature Brought DiZoglio’s Accelerating Audit Push on Itself…

Last week, State Auditor Diana DiZoglio announced her supporters had gathered enough signatures to put a question on next year’s ballot that would let her audit the legislature. The was a massive boost to her campaign promise to increase scrutiny of the legislature, her onetime

Campbell Rebuffs Auditor’s Legislative Probe, but DiZoglio Lives to Audit Another Day…

To fulfill a campaign promise, Massachusetts State Auditor Diana Dizoglio will have to go to voters to change the law. Fellow statewider, Attorney General Andrea Campbell, announced Friday that existing law does not authorize an audit of the legislature, a key plank of Dizoglio’s platform.

Massachusetts Supremes Revive Criminal Case from Soldiers’ Home Outbreak…

In a 5-2 ruling, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reinstated criminal charges arising from the COVID-19 outbreak that killed 76 veterans at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home. Former Superintendent Bennett Walsh and former medical director David Clinton were the only officials to face such charges. Hampden County Superior Court Judge Edward McDonough, Jr. dismissed the indictment in 2021 prompting the appeal.

In AG Campaign Soup, Campbell Offers Mix of Law & Governing Experience…

NORTHAMPTON—Aside from incumbent Maura Healey, the last Massachusetts Attorney General that had not previously held elective office was Edward Brooke. Still, three of Andrea Campbell’s recent would-be predecessors had been district attorneys.

Mass AG BC Debate Palfrey Campbell Liss-Riordan

Briefings: Quentin Quits & AG Race Becomes a One-on-One Slugfest…

The race for Massachusetts Attorney General has taken a series of sharp this past week, culminating in one candidate dropping out and endorsing a now-former rival. Quentin Palfrey, the former top lawyer at the Commerce Department and his party’s 2018 nominee to lieutenant governor, exited the race Tuesday.

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