Leading Massachusetts Republican lawmakers are joining the choir of calls for Gov. Maura Healey to provide “full transparency” on the hiring of her cocaine-busted aide, who was previously charged in connection with a shooting.

House Minority Leader Bradley Jones and Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr are demanding that Healey disclose the recommendations and support that LaMar Cook received before being hired in 2023 as deputy director of the Western Massachusetts office in Springfield.

The North Reading and Gloucester Republicans are also calling for a “complete and thorough review” of vetting procedures within the executive branch to identify and correct potential deficiencies in the hiring process.

Jones and Tarr say Cook’s drug and firearms charges are “troubling” and that they raise

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