Shots fired in public records dispute between AG Healey and gun rights group

Shots fired in public records dispute between AG Healey and gun rights group

BOSTON — The state's leading 2nd Amendment rights organization appears to be gunning for another battle with Attorney General Maura Healey, this time over what the group claims has been Healey's disregard for a Freedom of Information Act request it submitted to her office in August that has gone unanswered.  

"Since AG Healey took office all we have heard about is transparency — so what is she hiding?" Jim Wallace, executive director of the Gun Owners Action League of Massachusetts, said in a prepared statement.

AG Healey’s climate change showdown with ExxonMobil enters Massachusetts courtroom
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AG Healey’s climate change showdown with ExxonMobil enters Massachusetts courtroom

Evan Lips

BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey's feud with energy giant ExxonMobil continued inside Suffolk County Superior Court on Wednesday, as attorneys representing the corporation urged Judge Heidi Brieger to at least temporarily halt Healey's call for a climate change-related investigation until a federal judge in Texas rules on whether Healey's attack is unconstitutional and politically motivated.

"Exxon has been selling products in Massachusetts for a long time knowing full-well there was a serious impact of those products on climate change and didn't tell consumers," charged Richard Johnston, Healey's chief legal counsel.

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