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Maura Healey signs bar advocate increase into law

Healey approves raise for bar advocates, but work stoppage continues
Twenty-five more cases were dismissed Tuesday, while bar advocates said the 30 percent raise over two years is "ridiculous."
Maura Healey signs bar advocate increase into law — but lawyers say it’s not enough
Maura Healey signed into law a raise for striking bar advocates, but movement leaders say it’s not enough. “This agreement provides a substantial raise for bar advocates that reflects our commitment to supporting the important work that they do,
Governor Healey signs pay raise for bar advocates
It remains unclear if the $20 per hour raise, over the next two years, will end the lawyers ongoing work stoppage.
Gov. Healey signs off on raise for criminal defense attorneys — but crisis continues
Despite Gov. Maura Healey signing off on a raise for criminal defense lawyers this week, courtrooms are still in crisis as the attorneys refuse to return to work.
Mass. Gov. Healey signs spending bill with bar advocate raises, reforms
Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday signed the supplemental spending bill she first filed in early April, including the Legislature's addition of a take-it-or-leave-it pay raise proposal for bar advocates who have been refusing to take court-appointed cases.
Healey OKs pay raises for bar advocates
Gov. Maura Healey has approved pay raises for private attorneys who represent indigent clients in a move aimed at ending a work stoppage that has allowed more than
Mass. Legislature sends $259M funding bill, with raises for bar advocates, to Gov. Healey
The spending plan lawmakers sent to Healey on Thursday "addresses timely issues through key, targeted investments," state House Speaker Ronald J. Mariano, D-3rd Norfolk, said.
Healey signs spending bill with bar advocate raises, reforms
Many bar advocates, a group that has accounted for as much as 80% of the public defense work in Massachusetts courts, have said the $20-an-hour raise is inadequate.
Healey OKs pay raises, hiring 320 more bar advocates
Gov. Maura Healey has approved pay raises for private attorneys who represent indigent clients in a move aimed at ending a work stoppage that has allowed more than
Mass. Gov. Healey approves pay raise for public defenders after more criminal cases dismissed
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has approved a $20 hourly pay raise for public defenders in an effort to end their ongoing strike. The raise, part of a supplemental budget signed on Tuesday night, aims to address the work stoppage that began in May.
Healey signs bill to give court-appointed attorneys raise
Governor Maura Healey signed a new bill to give court-appointed attorneys a pay raise in hopes of ending a work stoppage.The State<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More
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Bar advocates dispute Beacon Hill's forecast for labor crisis resolution

Top House and Senate Democrats suggested the pay dispute that has led bar advocates to stop accepting new cases representing ...

Healey pushes for quick resolution to Mass. bar advocate strike

Gov. Maura Healey is urging bar advocates to return to work amid a strike that has led to hundreds of case dismissals and defendant releases in Massachusetts courts.