Community colleges, with their enrollment buoyed by tuition-free policies in recent years, “remain the largest source of new transfers at the state universities,” said Mario Delci, associate commissioner for research and planning.
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Given recent AI hacking incidents, CommonWealth Beacon checked back in with state officials to see how they’re protecting resident data flowing through an AI assistant. Here’s what you need to know.
A project already pockmarked with delays and growing costs will once again stretch on longer than MBTA officials hoped, this time due to federal scrutiny of components shipped from China.
The modernization project is a key phase of MassDOT’s Springfield Area Track Reconfiguration Project, which will upgrade tracks, signals, and other infrastructure to ease a major rail bottleneck in the city by reducing conflicts between freight and passenger trains. West-East Rail construction is set to begin next year.
Ballots are already printed with Oliver’s name next to Minogue’s as a joint ticket, and over 200,000 voters have already cast their ballots.
A debate between the campaigns supporting and opposing ballot Question 3 and the effort to bring all-party primaries to Massachusetts
Massachusetts could lose billions if proposed Census rule to exclude non-citizens and change residency metrics takes effect
Minogue hammered Healey over ‘sometimes things happen’ remark on a State Police barracks case in finale debate
The number of overdose fatalities in 2025 fell below 1,000 for the first time in more than a decade in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts schools can apply for funds that will go toward programs that aim to teach students healthy social media use