Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley issued the following statement today regarding the anti-bullying legislation released by the Joint Committee on Education yesterday: “While bullying has been a pervasive problem in our communities for years, 21st century technologies have only magnified the problem, allowing children to bully and harass one another with the mere click of [...]

“National Entrepreneurship Week is an event organization by the Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education]], that describes it as an annual “celebration of the heritage of entrepreneurship in America and new opportunities for the next generation.” In 2006 the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution declaring the need for a celebration of National Entrepreneurship Week as [...]

According to wikipedia, “When the tradition of Black History Month had started in the US, many in mainstream academia had barely begun to explore black history. At that point, most representation of blacks in history books was only in reference to the low social position they held as slaves and their descendants, with infrequent exceptions [...]

You know the gamers in the crowd are getting hyped up when they hear titles like, “online gambling bill hits house and senate”. In a recent Quincy Cove poll, respondents said that bingo is not just for retirement homes anymore. The industry has made enough waves that now it’s up for decision with the big [...]

Solar power is the generation of electricity from sunlight. This can be direct as with photovoltaics (PV), or indirect as with concentrating solar power (CSP), where the sun’s energy is focused to boil water which is then used to provide power. Solar power has the potential to provide over 1,000 times total world energy consumption [...]

So you thought you could trust a name like, “Save the Innocent Children”, “Buy a Puppy Save a Life”, etc…well according to Martha Coakley’s office some charity avenues may not be charity at all! Boston has experienced several companies that have been luring donation givers in with a false sense of charity. The Attorney General’s [...]

In Massachusetts ever growing quest to become more transparent with reporting practices Attorney General Martha Coakley has announced settlements have been entered into with various insurance companies. The heavy emphasis on reporting reforms is likely because of the scandalous lending practices that have plagued the industry. According to Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office, “today [the [...]

In a play to encourage economic recovery local politicians are pouring money into programs that will prepare participants for jobs in various fields. The program seems like it is focused more towards people that have already been affected by the recession instead of those that are facing more economic consequences. The first economic recession wave generally hit those in lower income brackets (the target of Deval’s program). However, a second economic recession wave is expected to hit the middle to upper wealth levels.

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Aggressive enforcement actions taken by the Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) netted American taxpayers, States, and American Indians more than $157 million in additional royalties, interest, and civil penalties during Calendar Year 2009, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and MMS Director Liz Birnbaum announced today.