Andrea Campbell

Dave & Buster’s is being cited for breaking Massachusetts labor laws surrounding meal breaks and child labor. The company will pay $275,000 in a settlement, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office said Thursday. Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell said Dave & Buster’s of Massachusetts, which has three locations in Braintree, Natick and Woburn, will accept three citations from her office....

Civil rights investigators at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office are looking into conduct at the Boston Police Department’s Youth Violence Strike Force. The review by the office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell will look to determine whether there has been a practice of racially biased policing in the gang unit over the past five years. “Our Civil Rights...

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has announced that the state will start enforcing the automotive right-to-repair law on June 1, despite an ongoing legal challenge, according to The Boston Globe. The law approved by voters in 2020 says that automakers must provide consumers and repair shops with “telematics” information so independent repair shops can have them as readily available…

A new hotline providing free legal advice on abortions for patients, providers and people who help has launched in Massachusetts, seven months after Roe v. Wade was overturned. The Abortion Legal Hotline, at 833-309-6301, connects callers with trained lawyers, who’ll give pro bono, confidential legal advice about how to get an abortion and caring for patients. “It will help...

At her inauguration Wednesday, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell made Massachusetts history.

Former Boston City Councilor Andrea Joy Campbell was sworn into office Wednesday as attorney general of Massachusetts. Campbell is the first Black woman attorney general in state history after previously making history as the first Black woman elected statewide in Massachusetts in November. Campbell became the first Black woman to serve as Boston City Council president in 2018. “My hope…

Democrat Andrea Campbell has been elected as Massachusetts Attorney General, NBC News projects, making her the first Black woman to serve as the state’s top law enforcement officer. She defeated GOP candidate Jay McMahon, who was seeking to become the first Republican elected to the post since the 1960s. During the campaign, Campbell promised a focus on equity while McMahon...

Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey has been elected governor of Massachusetts, making history as the state’s first woman and first openly gay candidate elected to the office, NBC News projected.