Legal loophole stops charges in Mass.
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When a pregnant woman told a pharmacist that she was unhappy with her obstetrics care, authorities say, he took her into a back office in the store, where he posed as a gynecologist and gave her an exam.
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The Massachusetts business community reacted angrily last week when news broke that Governor Deval L. Patrick is considering raising state revenues by closing what administration aides call corporate tax loopholes. Business leaders contend what Patrick is really talking about is a straight-ahead tax increase by a different name. Here's a look at what's under consideration.
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The Massachusetts Supreme Court dealt a blow to same-sex marriages in the only US state where they are authorized by allowing the possible introduction of a constitutional amendment banning the unions.
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The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles hopes to drive business away from its branches and into the homes of its customers.
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The Supreme Court today curbed the ability of investors who lost money through corporate fraud to sue businesses that may have helped facilitate the crime.
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Federal lawmakers aim to close a legal loophole that has left the electronic energy markets to pretty much regulate themselves.
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Congress is trying to end a practice that unintentionally has allowed banks to take in billions of dollars meant to help students pay for college.
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Local and state tax incentives have prevented a multimillion-dollar Massachusetts company and hundreds of jobs from crossing the border to New Hampshire.
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Judiciary Committee grants file swipers a reprieve.
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The move to cap ticket fees in Massachusetts is losing steam, which is a shame, says Eric Grossman of Waltham.
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With the Patrick administration campaigning to close what it calls corporate "tax loopholes," the Massachusetts Department of Revenue is battling Comcast Corp. over an estimated $250 million in taxes the state says it is owed.
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A federal court ruled that nationally chartered banks selling insurance in Massachusetts do not have to follow state laws that placed restrictions on insurance sales. Massachusetts passed legislation in 1998 prohibiting bank employees from bringing up insurance sales with customers, from receiving commissions for insurance sales, and from giving referrals to insurance agents. But eight banks and the Massachusetts Bankers ...
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By HAYNES  Did Rep. Pedro Coln (D-Milwaukee) misplay his hand at the expense of Milwaukee taxpayers?  That's what some critics argue after the Joint Finance Committee recently turned aside an attempt to close a loophole in the funding plan for the city's voucher schools.
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Massachusetts will impose some of the nation's most stringent regulations on the mortgage industry in an effort to curb practices that have led to record numbers of foreclosures.
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Boston's new high-tech parking meters may be running afoul of Visa and MasterCard rules that prohibit vendors from imposing minimum purchase requirements on their customers.
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The Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling preventing the industry from listing taxes and other government fees as separate line items on consumersâ bills.
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It rules that US can't hold legal residents without charging them with a crime.