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State Auditor Diana DiZoglio Wednesday released her first annual fraud report, pointing out $12.3 million in public assistance fraud through last June and other findings. DiZoglio’s office of Bureau of Special Investigations annual report summarizes investigations of fraud, abuse and illegal acts involving public assistance benefits throughout the state. This year, the bureau completed 5,100 […]

Bills offer supports to all Mass. farmers, fisheries; address issues raised by climate change and the need to protect endangered marine life

In news taken from the logs of Cape Ann’s police and fire departments:

Being homeless, penniless, and out of options isn’t enough to get some families into emergency shelter in our right to shelter state. Those who have them must liquidate their retirement savings, too.

A Beacon Hill procedural war over a budget that includes funding for union contracts and shelters was set to stretch into Saturday.