Maura Healey

After AG Healey Punts On Thornton Law Dem Donor Probe, Essex DA Declines To Pursue Criminal Charges

After AG Healey Punts On Thornton Law Dem Donor Probe, Essex DA Declines To Pursue Criminal Charges

Evan Lips

BOSTON — The law firm that saw one of its most powerful attorneys step down from his post as state representative months before word leaked regarding the firm's track record of reimbursing its lawyers and their spouses for political donations made to both Massachusetts and national Democrats will not be subject to criminal charges.

The announcement concerning the Thornton Law Firm, which employs former state Representative Garrett Bradley, a Democrat from Hingham, landed Wednesday, more than a year after Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the firm. Healey was one of scores of Democrats who received campaign donations through Thornton Law. In March 2017 Healey announced she would be recusing herself from the investigation, which has since been completed by Essex County District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett's office. 

Yale Students Stage Sit-In Over Crushing 10-Hour Work Week for Financial Aid
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Yale Students Stage Sit-In Over Crushing 10-Hour Work Week for Financial Aid

John Cronin

A foreign student from Pakistan said he has to work 10 hours a week and sometimes more in one of Yale University's libraries just to make the payments that Yale requires of all students receiving financial aid.

That has meant missing out on social activities and other amenities at the country's third-oldest institution of higher learning.

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