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State Sen. Diana DiZoglio. (State House News Service.) State Sen. Diana DiZoglio wants answers to questions about the state’s troubled COVID-19 vaccine rollout and is prepared to ask the state auditor to investigate if necessary. DiZoglio said one question is how certain vendors were selected to help distribute the vaccine. She said she wants answers from Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration or will push state Auditor Suzanne M. Bump to conduct an audit. In a letter last week to Bump, DiZoglio said she has heard concerns from residents around transparency and accountability in the rollout process. DiZoglio said her office asked the state Department of Public Health whether the state formally solicited proposals, but was told that “since vaccination distribution is a federal process, (the state does) not have a role in that.” ....
Standard-Times Bristol County ranked in the Top 3 in counties statewide for public benefits fraud in 2020, according to the annual audit report released Feb. 18 by the Bureau of Special Investigations. The geographical statistical data shows that Hampden, Worcester, and Bristol Counties generated the most allegations overall, the report noted, while Dukes, Nantucket, and Franklin Counties generated the least. State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump said in a news release that just over $8 million in public assistance fraud was identified during the past year. Of the 482 completed cases with identified fraud, the average amount of fraud was $16,938.67. The diligent work of BSI examiners ensures that taxpayer dollars, which fund Massachusetts’s public benefits programs, are used effectively so that those benefits are available to residents who truly need them, the report noted. ....
Mass. legislative leaders to get three pay raises starting Friday By Matt Stout Globe Staff,Updated December 31, 2020, 7:07 p.m. Email to a Friend The House chambers at the Massachusetts State House.Jim Davis/Globe Staff State legislative leaders are entitled to three separate pay raises starting Friday, and the salaries of some of the stateâs top elected officials could swell by more than $9,000, thanks, in part, to a controversial law that will help ensure they get a third pay increase in as many legislative sessions. The round of pay hikes land at an economically fragile time across Massachusetts, when restaurants, bars, and other businesses are struggling to stay open amid the coronavirus pandemic and the unemployment rate stands at 6.7 percent â more than double what it was a year ago. ....