Guns & Suicide: The Hidden Toll
In the national debate over gun violence—a debate stoked by mass murders such as last December’s tragedy in a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school—a glaring fact gets obscured: Far more people kill...
View ArticleHiring a family affair in Mass. government
The largest state agency is a nest of nepotism where relatives of higher-ups are routinely hired over more qualified applicants, a state HR insider tells FOX Undercover, a claim that’s backed up by...
View ArticleAs Factory Farms Spread, Government Efforts to Curb Threat From Livestock...
As factory farms take over more and more of the nation’s livestock production, a major environmental threat has emerged: Pollution from the waste produced by the immense crush of animals. The...
View ArticleSolar credits not so bright for those who own them
The solar panels atop Gary Best’s roof were cranking out electricity in this past weekend’s scorching sun, but he doesn’t see the $25,000 equipment paying for itself any faster. That’s because the...
View ArticleEffectiveness of fusion centers questioned
The Department of Homeland Security estimates it has pumped $1.4 billion into state and local fusion centers that are supposed to help prevent terror attacks across the country. But has that investment...
View ArticleState rep’s brother ordered to pay nearly $1 million
A bar partly-owned by a state Rep. Michael Moran is now closed and the lawmaker’s brother and business partner is paying nearly $1 million to settle claims that a disabled relative was financially...
View ArticleNursing homes face growing challenges
The 22News I-Team read through state inspection reports of western Massachusetts nursing homes recently, and discovered a number of deficiencies. We found claims of overmedicating patients and moldy...
View ArticleRent-to-Own Customers Complain About Company Collection Tactics
Hundreds of thousands of consumers in Connecticut shop at rent-to-own stores, but some say missing a few payments can turn into a nightmare full of threats and intimidation. “They would kick the door...
View ArticleTop Execs At “Big Five” Health Insurers Each Pull In Millions
Health care reform, new Wall Street regulations and outrage over large pay packages are likely to put pressure on compensation for health insurance executives. But it doesn’t seem to have happened yet....
View ArticleHank Investigates: Shocking backlog in DNA testing of rape kits
New information after a Hank Investigation: State Officials revealed the shocking backlog in the DNA testing of rape kits that Hank uncovered, is getting much better. “A June 2010 report by Hank...
View ArticleFree Vacation Offers Too Good to Be True
It’s vacation time. And the Better Business Bureau is warning of a letter “scam” that’s been circulating in Rhode Island and Massachusetts that might prove tempting for anyone trying to reign in the...
View ArticleDelays Hamper State’s Doctor Discipline Process
When Said Nedlouf’s wife, Mary, was terminally ill with metastatic breast cancer in late 2006, Nedlouf was willing to do anything to save her. He found Dr. Jarir Nakouzi in Bridgeport, a homeopathic...
View ArticleThe lobbyist in the henhouse: Whose interests is Maine’s DEP commissioner...
On a Wednesday in April, Flagstaff Lake was draining away. When full, it is the state’s fifth largest freshwater body, nurturing a local tourist economy and providing boating and swimming opportunities...
View ArticleThe Mobile Health Revolution?
Rarely does a class of technologies excite physicians, patients, financeers, gadgeteers, and policymakers alike. But mobile health — the use of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets for health or...
View ArticleEresian, bank spar over ownership of apt. buildings
A Shrewsbury man has been presenting himself as the landlord of two large apartment buildings on Main Street for nearly a year — collecting thousands of dollars a month in rental income — despite...
View ArticleVermont delegation rakes it in, whether they need it or not
Cash is rolling in at a reliable pace for Vermont’s congressional delegation. By now, serious electoral foes are a foreign concept to Senators Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch,...
View ArticleNewfound wealth allows Rep. Pingree to pay her ‘dues’ to House Democrats
From 1994 to mid-2011, Chellie Pingree’s total contributions to candidates running for national office were $2,950. But from June 2011 to last November — a period of only 17 months — the Democratic...
View ArticleIs there slavery in your supermarket? Popular palm oil linked to slave-like...
In a nine-month investigation from September 2012 to June 2013 for Bloomberg Businessweek, Schuster Institute Senior Fellow E. Benjamin Skinner, supported by a team of other journalists, reported on...
View ArticleBig Pharma Shrinks Peddling of Big Influence
In the first quarter of 2013, the pharmaceuticals and health products industry spent more than $66.5 million on lobbying — more than any other industry, according to OpenSecrets.org data. But Big...
View ArticleFISA, NSA Spying a New Focus of Tech Lobby
Concerns over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), as well as attempts by intelligence agencies to collect user information from email and social networking sites, appeared on the...
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