Healey fights order to appear in Texas court on Exxon climate change case

Healey fights order to appear in Texas court on Exxon climate change case

STATE HOUSE – A federal judge has ordered Attorney General Maura Healey to appear in a Texas court next month to face questions over her investigation into ExxonMobil, a directive that Healey says she is "vigorously opposing."

The oil company has fought back against Healey's probe into whether it concealed information about the effects of fossil fuels on climate change, suing her in both Texas and Massachusetts.

Anti-hate rally draws Beacon Hill’s top Democrats
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Anti-hate rally draws Beacon Hill’s top Democrats

Evan Lips

BOSTON — A veritable "who's-who" roster of  Beacon Hill's most powerful Democrats —  along with a handwritten note of encouragement from Gov. Charlie Baker — made themselves heard at an anti-hate rally held Monday morning at the foot of the State House.

"We've said this more than once in Boston's history — love wins, love wins equality, love wins civil rights, and love certainly defeats hate," Boston Mayor Marty Walsh proclaimed at the outset of the rally, organized by the Anti-Defamation League of New England.

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