You try to make sure your kids are safe when you take them to the playground. You watch and make sure they don't misuse the equipment or take risks. But would you know if the playground equipment itself is risky? 7's investigative reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan discovered playgrounds across the state are putting kids in danger.
You drive over them everyday--probably without even noticing--but just how safe are the thousands of bridges in the Bay State? Every driver should be interested in what 7News Investigative Reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan has found.
Recently, we have experienced several with unclaimed money at the State Treasurer's Office. But now 7News investigative reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan has found more money--in a different state account… And some of it could belong to you!
You expect a police officer to carry a gun. The same goes for a state trooper, a security guard... but how about your next-door neighbor? Your co-worker? Or the person sitting next to you on the "T"? In fact, thousands of people in Massachusetts may be legally licensed to carry a concealed handgun right now! How can that be? And where are the guns?
Just in time for April 15th, there are big changes in the works for Massachusetts' taxpayers. Last month Hank Phillipi Ryan revealed the inner workings of the State Department of Revenue--now, the DOR's brand new chairman is promising things are going to be very different.
7 News has obtained the Department of Revenue internal plan outlining which taxpayers are going to get audited. Inside this document is what every taxpayer fears and what state tax collectors never expected you'd see.
You know every passenger is thoroughly checked for dangerous items before boarding, but what you don't know in that hazardous materials are often travelling on your airplanes--sometimes the airlines know it, and sometimes they don't!
Radioactive materials are left unsecured, unguarded, and easily accessible. It's not the plot of a movie thriller, but as 7 News discovered, it is radioactive reality, disturbingly close to home.
The election is just days away, but who will be voting on November 3rd? And how often? We found there's serious potential for voter fraud at the polls in Massachusetts. Our investigation of voter registration lists reveals thousands of people right now are able to vote more than once!