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Mass. AG backs gig driver unionization ballot effort
Days after striking a settlement with Uber and Lyft that requires the companies to boost driver pay and benefits, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell threw her support behind a separate effort to allow those drivers to unionize. Campbell on Tuesday endorsed a labor-backed ballot question that would let on-demand transportation drivers organize and collectively bargain, describing it as an important…
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Uber and Lyft agree to pay drivers $32.50 an hour in settlement with Mass.
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office announced a settlement with two rideshare giants.
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Mass. AG strikes settlement with Uber and Lyft
State prosecutors agreed to a settlement with Uber and Lyft that will require the companies to pay Massachusetts $175 million, increase wages for drivers and offer a range of new benefits, officials announced Thursday. Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell’s office said her team struck a deal with the gig economy giants that resolves a 2020 lawsuit her predecessor, now-Gov. Maura…
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Mass. launches youth sports betting safety coalition
With college sports tournaments taking place at both ends of Massachusetts this week, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell on Thursday announced the launch of a public-private partnership to focus on the risks of sports betting and gambling among young people. The Youth Sports Betting Safety Coalition is meant to raise awareness of the laws, risks, and public health harms associated…
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State partnering with NCAA for youth betting awareness
NCAA President Charlie Baker, Massachusetts’ former governor, joined Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell to discuss a plan to educate young people about responsible gambling and the potential dangers.
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State's highest court to hear Milton housing lawsuit later this year
The housing lawsuit waged against the Town of Milton by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell is set to be heard by the state’s highest court later this year, the Boston Globe reports. The lawsuit, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court last month, seeks to punish Milton for voting against the MBTA Communities Law, which states that any city or...
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Campbell: ‘Everything is on the table' on Steward Health Care
“They need to be more transparent, ” Campbell told Cory Smith and Sue O’Connell about Steward.
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@Issue: Mass. AG says “Everything is on the table” on Steward
“They need to be more transparent, ” Campbell told Cory Smith and Sue O’Connell about Steward.
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Milton sued for not complying with MBTA rezoning law
Town leaders in Milton met Tuesday after Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell filed a lawsuit against the community.
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Andrea Joy Campbell reflects on first year as Mass. attorney general
NBC10 Boston caught up with Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell after her first year in office. Becoming the first Black woman to win a statewide election in 2022, Campbell was sworn in Jan. 18, 2023. “It really hit me when I came in as AG-elect and saw the wall,” Campbell said. “We go really far back, centuries of white…
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Catching up with AG Andrea Joy Campbell
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell is reflecing on her first year in office and looking ahead to her next.
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Alleged drug bust next to AG's Mattapan home makes for ‘stressful couple of days'
As Massachusetts’ top law enforcement official, Attorney General Andrea Campbell sees it as her responsibility to protect the safety of all communities in Massachusetts — and that includes her own neighborhood in Mattapan. It has been “a very stressful couple of days” for Campbell since last Wednesday, when a state police bust “found significant amounts of meth and fentanyl” in…
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Dave & Buster's to pay $275K in labor violations settlement, Mass. AG says
Dave & Buster’s is being cited for breaking Massachusetts labor laws surrounding meal breaks and child labor. The company will pay $275,000 in a settlement, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office said Thursday. Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell said Dave & Buster’s of Massachusetts, which has three locations in Braintree, Natick and Woburn, will accept three citations from her office....
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Civil Rights Division of AG's Office Investigating Boston Police Gang Unit
Civil rights investigators at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office are looking into conduct at the Boston Police Department’s Youth Violence Strike Force. The review by the office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell will look to determine whether there has been a practice of racially biased policing in the gang unit over the past five years. “Our Civil Rights...