Republican state lawmakers are questioning Gov. Maura Healey’s vetting process after one of her Springfield-based aides was arrested and charged with trafficking cocaine to a state office building.

LaMar Cook’s arrest last week raises “serious questions … about the effectiveness of your administration’s vetting process for new hires,” GOP lawmakers told Healey in Wednesday’s letter. Cook served as deputy director of Healey’s Western Massachusetts office but was fired shortly after his arrest.

House Minority Leader Bradley Jones, Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, and the 24 other co-signers called on Healey to publicly disclose the circumstances of Cook’s 2023 hiring, “including any recommendations and support he received while interviewing for the position.”

They pointed to reports t

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