AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoImmigration Policy: Gov. Maura Healey signed the PROTECT Act, expanding Massachusetts’ protections against ICE—barring warrantless civil arrests at courthouses, schools, childcare centers, and health facilities and strengthening parents’ rights. Public Safety & Housing: Lowell fire data shows a rise in residential fires, with kitchens driving most incidents and unattended cooking a leading cause. Health & Law: Acting Attorney General Cori Mills announced a $400 million multi-state settlement over alleged generic drug price-fixing by Sandoz, with reforms promised if approved. Business & Economy: Massachusetts business confidence ticked up in July for the fourth straight month, while local firms continue to adjust workforces amid economic uncertainty. Tech & Science: Google veteran Sanjay Ghemawat launched Discovery Loop, aiming to automate parts of scientific discovery, and astronomers say a SpaceX rocket stage crashed into the moon—another reminder of “lunar litter.” Local Industry: A worker died in a tractor-trailer incident at a Chatham Village Foods warehouse in Wareham.
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