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United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that documents the dramatic growth of nonbank mortgage servicers and details the need for stronger regulatory oversight of the industry. GAO produced the report in response to a request from Cummings and Warren.

The Baker-Polito Administration announced a total of $31,300 in Planning Assistance Toward Housing (PATH) grant awards to Beverly and Sunderland, to help these communities meet their housing needs. Beverly and Sunderland join 17 communities across the Commonwealth that have received a PATH grant award since the program’s authorization in 2014.

In partnership with the Boston Housing Authority, Beacon Communities Development LLC will lead the revitalization of Boston Housing Authority’s Lenox/Camden Apartments in Lower Roxbury. The Lenox/Camden family public housing development includes 285 units of federally subsidized housing in the Lenox portion of the site and 72-units in the adjacent state funded Camden portion of the site. The developers will play a lead role in all aspects of the relevant permitting, design, financing and construction of this project

A Massachusetts resins manufacturer has agreed to pay a $38,860 penalty to settle claims by the US Environmental Protection Agency that it violated federal clean water laws. EPA’s allegations involve an incident on Sept. 30, 2014 when employees of Advance Coatings Co. in Westminster, Mass. were routinely filling containers with Styrene, a chemical compound used in making resins.

A previously-convicted Chelmsford man was charged today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with attempting to destroy high-voltage power lines with an incendiary device.

A former employee at First Bristol Corporation has been indicted in connection with allegedly stealing more than $2 million from the real estate development company, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today.

44 Current & Former Senators & 164 Current & Former House Members from 38 States Filed An Amicus Brief To Support President Obama’s Clean Power Plan in Case Currently Before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, & Defend EPA’s Authority To Protect Public Health and the Environment by Regulating New Pollutants In Keeping With The Intention Of The Clean Air Act Of 1970

The Town of Framingham’s Economic Development Industrial Corporation (EDIC) has allocated $35,000.00 to assist business and property owners in Framingham who wish to improve their storefronts. The funds are currently targeted for the Nobscot and Saxonville areas; however, businesses in other areas of Town are eligible for consideration

Spring is in the air and so is the reappearance of magical woodland creatures in the New England outdoors. In order to accommodate the local elf and fairy community, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department will be co-hosting their third annual Fairy House Building Workshop with the Franklin Park Coalition on Thursday, April 21, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at Schoolmaster Hill in Franklin Park

Congressmen Bill Keating (D-MA) and Keith Rothfus (R-PA) today introduced the Co-Prescribing Saves Lives Act of 2016 (H.R. 4841). The bill would encourage physicians to co-prescribe naloxone alongside opioid prescriptions, and make naloxone more widely available in federal health settings. Along with federally qualified health centers, the bill specifically requires the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Indian Health Service to develop their own co-prescribing guidelines tailored to their individual needs

Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito are pleased to announce a total of $4.5 million in tax credit allocations to 37 Community Development Corporations (CDCs) under the Community Investment Tax Credit (CITC) program

The Massachusetts Association of Realtors® (MAR) reported today that February proved to be another record month for closed home sales, as buyer activity pushed closed sales to its highest levels for the month since 2004. While single-family closed sales were up by more than 24 percent, median prices went down for the first time in nine months. Condominium sales also closed up with median prices down almost three percent

Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced $28 million in funding awards to support the creation of affordable housing throughout Boston.  The funding, which will preserve or produce 837 housing units, comes from $21 million of federal and local resources awarded through the Department of Neighborhood Development (DND) and $7 million of Linkage funds, awarded through Boston's Neighborhood Housing Trust.

A West Bridgewater construction company has been cited more than $54,000 in restitution and penalties for violating the state prevailing wage, overtime and record keeping laws, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today

Governor Charlie Baker received bipartisan support from three former secretaries of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Maeve Vallely-Bartlett, Rick Sullivan, and Ian Bowles, for the administration’s efforts to diversify our state’s energy portfolio through the procurement of cost-effective, hydropower generation. The announcement followed a State House meeting between Governor Baker, current Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Matthew Beaton and his predecessors to discuss the need to stabilize New England’s electricity rates, meet the Commonwealth’s Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) goals and provide ratepayers with a clean, cost-competitive alternative to coal and oil generation.